Bill Text: WV HB3061 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the right of a minor to nominate a guardian
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-09 - To House Judiciary [HB3061 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2014-HB3061-Introduced.html
(By Delegate Manchin (By Request))
[Introduced March 22, 2013; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §44-10-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the right of a minor to nominate a guardian; changing the law to require that a minor be sixteen years of age or older rather than the age of fourteen as required under existing law.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §44-10-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. GUARDIANS AND WARDS GENERALLY.
§44-10-4. Right of minor to nominate guardian.
(a) If the minor is
(b) If the guardian nominated by the minor is not appointed by the court,
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to change the age at which a minor has the right to nominate a guardian from fourteen to sixteen.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.