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WV Code § 51-1A-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 1A. Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act|§51-1A-6. Contents of Certification Order

(a) A certification order must contain:(1) The question of law to be answered;(2) The facts relevant to the question, showing fully the nature of the controversy out of which the question arose;(3) A statement acknowledging that the receiving court may reformulate the question; and(4) The names and addresses of counsel of record and unrepresented parties.(b) If the parties cannot agree upon a statement of facts, then the certifying court shall determine the relevant facts and shall state them as a part of its certification order.
WV Code § 51-1A-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 1A. Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act|§51-1A-7. Notice; Preference

The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, acting as the receiving court, shall notify the certifying court of its acceptance or rejection of the question; and in accordance with notions of comity and fairness, it shall respond to an accepted certified question as soon as practicable.
WV Code § 51-1A-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 1A. Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act|§51-1A-8. Procedures

After the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has accepted a certified question, proceedings are governed by the rules and statutes of this state governing briefs, arguments and other appellate procedures. Procedures for certification from this state to a receiving court shall be those provided in the rules and statutes of the receiving forum.
WV Code § 51-1A-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 1A. Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act|§51-1A-9. Opinion

The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia shall state in a written opinion the law answering the certified question and send a copy of the opinion to the certifying court, to counsel of record and to unrepresented parties.
WV Code § 51-1A-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 1A. Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act|§51-1A-10. Cost of Certification

Fees and costs are the same as in civil appeals docketed before the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia and shall be equally divided between the parties unless otherwise ordered by the certifying court.
WV Code § 51-1A-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 1A. Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act|§51-1A-11. Severability

If any provision of this article or its application to any person, court or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this article are severable.
WV Code § 51-1A-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 1A. Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act|§51-1A-12. Construction

This article shall be construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those jurisdictions which enact it.
WV Code § 51-1A-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 1A. Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act|§51-1A-13. Short Title

This article may be cited as the "Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act".
WV Code § 51-2-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2. Circuit Courts; Circuit Judges|§51-2-2. Jurisdiction

(a) The circuit court shall have supervision and control of all proceedings before magistrates, by mandamus, prohibition and certiorari.(b) Except in cases confined exclusively by the Constitution to some other tribunal, the circuit court shall have original and general jurisdiction of all matters at law where the amount in controversy, excluding interest, exceeds $7,500: Provided, That the jurisdictional limit on amounts in controversy does not apply to real estate installment sales contracts.(c) The circuit court shall have original and general jurisdiction in all of the following matters:(1) Habeas corpus;(2) Mandamus;(3) Quo warranto;(4) Prohibition;(5) Crimes; and(6) Misdemeanors.(d) The circuit court shall have original and general jurisdiction in all cases in equity, including jurisdiction in equity to remove any cloud on the title to real property, or any part of a cloud, or any estate, right or interest in the real property, and to determine questions of title with respect to the real property without requiring allegations or proof of actual possession of the real property.(e) The circuit court shall have appellate jurisdiction in all cases, civil and criminal, where an appeal, writ of error or supersedeas may be allowed to the judgment or proceedings of any inferior tribunal.(f) The circuit court shall also have any other jurisdiction, whether supervisory, original, appellate or concurrent, as is or may be prescribed by law.
WV Code § 51-2-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2. Circuit Courts; Circuit Judges|§51-2-3. Adjourned Terms

If any term of a circuit court is about to end without dispatching all its business, the judge thereof may, by an order entered of record, adjourn the holding of such court to any future day on which he is not required by law to hold a court in some other county; and all causes on the docket of such court, and not otherwise disposed of, shall stand continued to such adjourned day. The court may, in its discretion, require the jury summoned to attend such term to attend as such on the adjourned day, or may require a new jury to be drawn and summoned in the manner required by law; and all witnesses summoned to attend in causes so continued to such adjourned term shall attend the term without being again summoned. All judgments, orders and decrees rendered and made by such court before or during the day on which the court adjourns to such future day, as aforesaid, shall have the same force and effect in all respects as if the court had finally adjourned on that day.
WV Code § 51-2-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2. Circuit Courts; Circuit Judges|§51-2-4. Special Terms -- When and How Held

If any term of such court has ended without dispatching all its business, or if there be a failure to hold any term, or whenever he thinks the public interest requires it, the judge of the circuit court may, by a warrant directed to the clerk, appoint a special term thereof and prescribe in such warrant whether a grand or petit jury, or both, are to be summoned to attend such term. The clerk shall enter the warrant in the order book of the court, inform the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff of such appointment, post a copy of the warrant at the door of the courthouse, and issue all proper process returnable to such special term; and the sheriff shall execute such process, and summon a grand or petit jury, or both, as may be prescribed in the warrant. Any such special term may be held in any county, although at the time the same is held a term of the circuit court is being held, or required to be held, in any other county of the same judicial circuit, and it may be held by the judge of another circuit, or by a special judge elected by the attorneys practicing in such court in the manner prescribed by law.
WV Code § 51-2-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2. Circuit Courts; Circuit Judges|§51-2-5. Same -- Adjournment

Whenever any judge of a circuit court shall have appointed a special term of any circuit court in the manner directed by the preceding section, and shall afterwards ascertain that he cannot hold such special term on the day appointed for it, he may, by warrant under his hand directed to the clerk of the court, adjourn it to such other day as he may deem proper. Such warrant shall be transmitted by the judge to the clerk, who shall immediately enter it in the order book of the court, and as to the special term thereafter to be held under such continuance proceed in all other respects in the manner directed by the section aforesaid.
WV Code § 51-2-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2. Circuit Courts; Circuit Judges|§51-2-6. Same -- for Trial of Person Imprisoned

Whenever the situation of a prisoner confined in jail for trial in a circuit court makes it proper that his case should be disposed of before the next regular term thereof, the judge of such court may appoint a special term to be held for the trial of the case, in the same manner as if the same had stood for trial at the next preceding term and the court had adjourned without disposing thereof.
WV Code § 51-2-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2. Circuit Courts; Circuit Judges|§51-2-7. Same -- What Causes May Be Tried; Judge Presiding

Any cause, civil or criminal, and any motion or proceeding ready for trial or hearing, may be tried, heard and determined at a special term, the same as if it were a regular term of such court. Every such special term may be held by the judge of the circuit, or, if he be dead or absent, by any other circuit judge who may be present; and part of its session may be held by one judge and part by another; and such special term may be adjourned from time to time during the interval between the regular terms as the judge may deem necessary for the dispatch of the business of the court.
WV Code § 51-2-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2. Circuit Courts; Circuit Judges|§51-2-8. Residence of Judge; Disqualification

Each circuit, criminal or intermediate judge, during his continuance in office, shall reside in the circuit or county for which he was elected. When such judge is a party to a suit, or is interested in the result thereof otherwise than as a resident or taxpayer of the district or county, or is related to either of the parties, as grandfather, father, father-in-law, son, son-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, nephew, uncle, first cousin or guardian, or if, at the time of the institution of the suit, or at any time before its final termination, he his wife, or any party or parties related to him in the degree hereinbefore specified, is a stockholder, or officer, in any stock company or corporation which is a necessary party to the proceedings, or if he is a material witness for either party, he shall not take cognizance thereof unless all parties to the suit consent thereto in writing: Provided, That no judgment or decree rendered or pronounced by any such judge shall be invalidated by reason of such relationship unless the same appear of record in such suit or proceeding: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall disqualify a judge who comes within the provisions of this section to enter a formal order designed merely to advance the cause towards a final hearing and not requiring judicial action involving the merits of the case.
WV Code § 51-2-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2. Circuit Courts; Circuit Judges|§51-2-13. Salaries of Judges of Circuit Courts

The salaries of the judges of the various circuit courts shall be paid solely out of the State Treasury. No county, county commission, board of commissioners, or other political subdivision shall supplement or add to such salaries.The annual salary of all circuit judges shall be $90,000 per year: Provided, That beginning July 1, 2005, the annual salary of all circuit judges shall be $116,000 per year: Provided, however, That beginning July 1, 2011, the annual salary of a circuit court judge shall be $126,000: Provided further, That beginning July 1, 2021, the annual salary of a circuit judge shall be $132,300 and beginning July 1, 2022, the annual salary of a circuit court judge shall be $138,600.
WV Code § 51-2-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2. Circuit Courts; Circuit Judges|§51-2-14. Holding Court in Two or More Counties in Circuit at Same Time

Notwithstanding any provision in this code to the contrary, terms of circuit court may be held in two or more counties in the same circuit at the same time and a term of court in one county of a circuit need not be adjourned sine die or otherwise terminated as a condition of or prior to the commencement of a term of court in another county of the same circuit.
WV Code § 51-2-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2. Circuit Courts; Circuit Judges|§51-2-15. Business Court Division

(a) The West Virginia Legislature finds that, due to the complex nature of litigation involving highly technical commercial issues, there is a need for a separate and specialized court docket to be maintained in West Virginia's most populated circuit court districts with specific jurisdiction over actions involving such commercial issues and disputes between businesses.(b) The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is authorized to designate a business court division within the circuit court of any judicial district with a population in excess of sixty thousand according to the 2000 Federal Decennial Census.(c) Upon the determination to designate business court divisions, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals shall promulgate rules for the establishment and jurisdiction of the business court divisions within its circuit court system.
WV Code § 51-2A-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2A. Family Courts|§51-2A-1. Family Courts Established

There is hereby created in each county in this state a family court to be designated as "The Family Court of _________ County, West Virginia."
WV Code § 51-2A-2a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2A. Family Courts|§51-2A-2a. Family Court Jurisdiction to Restrict Contact Between Parties

(a) A family court in its discretion may, at any time during the pendency of any action prosecuted under chapter forty-eight of this code, restrict contact between the parties thereto without a finding of domestic violence under article twenty-seven of said chapter. This order shall not be considered a protective order for purposes of section five hundred seven, article twenty-seven, chapter forty-eight of this code. A court may enter a standing order regarding the conduct expected of the parties during the proceeding. Any standing order may restrict the parties from:(1) Entering the home, school, business or place of employment of the other for the purpose of bothering or annoying the other;(2) Contacting the other, in person, in writing, electronically or by telephone, for purposes not clearly necessary for the prosecution of the underlying action or any obligation related thereto or resulting therefrom.(b) Upon a finding of misconduct by a party, the court shall enter an order against the offending party enjoining the conduct which disturbs or interferes with the peace or liberty of the other party so long as such conduct does not rise to the level of or constitute domestic violence as defined in article twenty-seven, chapter forty-eight of this code. The court shall not issue orders under this section in cases where the conduct of either party has previously risen to the level of domestic violence.(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude the court from entering an emergency protective order, or final protective order, as provided in article twenty-seven, chapter forty-eight of this code.(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of section five hundred five, article twenty-seven, chapter forty-eight of this code, an order entered pursuant to the provisions of this section shall remain in effect for a period of time as specified in the order.(e) The court may enforce orders under this section against the offending party through its powers of contempt, pursuant to section nine of this article.(f) It is the express intent of the Legislature that orders issued pursuant to this section are to restrict behavior which is not of sufficient severity to implicate the provisions of article twenty-seven, chapter forty-eight of this code and 18 U. S. C. §922(g)(8).
WV Code § 51-2A-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2A. Family Courts|§51-2A-4. Qualifications of Family Court Judges

(a) A family court judge must be a resident of this state, a member in good standing of the West Virginia State Bar, admitted to practice law in this state for at least five years prior to election, and must, at the time he or she takes office, and thereafter during his or her continuance in office, reside in the family court circuit for which he or she is a judge.(b) A family court judge may not engage in any other business, occupation or employment inconsistent with the expeditious, proper and impartial performance of his or her duties as a judicial officer. A family court judge is not permitted to engage in the outside practice of law and shall devote full time to his or her duties as a judicial officer.(c) The Supreme Court of Appeals may establish requirements for family court judges to attend and complete courses of instruction and continuing educational instruction in principles of family law and procedure.(d) A person's acceptance of the office of family court judge pursuant to appointment or election constitutes the person's consent, agreement and election during the term of office not to become a member of the judges retirement system solely by reason of or based upon service as a family court judge and an acknowledgment by the person of the sole authority of the Legislature to determine the eligibility of family court judges to participate in a retirement system. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon final judicial determination that a person, individually or as a member of a class, is eligible for participation in the judges retirement system solely by reason of or based upon service as a family court judge, no additional persons except as may be provided for in this subsection may be admitted to the judges retirement system existing upon the effective date of the final judicial determination. A circuit judge or justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals who is a member of the existing judges retirement system whose employment continues beyond the final judicial determination shall continue to contribute to and participate in the existing judges retirement system without a change in plan provisions or benefits. Any person who was previously a member of the judges retirement system and who later returns to participating employment as a circuit judge or justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals after the final judicial determination has the right to elect to return to the existing judges retirement system and participate during the judge's or justice's term or terms of office.
WV Code § 51-2A-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2A. Family Courts|§51-2A-5. Term of Office of Family Court Judge; Initial Appointment; Elections

(a) Beginning with the election to be conducted in the year 2016, family court judges shall be elected. In family court circuits having two or more family court judges there shall be, for election purposes, numbered divisions corresponding to the number of family court judges in each area. Each family court judge shall be elected at large by the entire family court circuit. In each numbered division of a family court circuit, the candidates for nomination or election shall be voted upon and the votes cast for the candidates in each division shall be tallied separately from the votes cast for candidates in other numbered divisions within the family court circuit. The candidate or candidates receiving the highest number of the votes cast within a numbered division shall be nominated or elected, as the case may be. Effective with the primary election of 2016, all elections for family court judges in the respective circuits will be on a nonpartisan basis by division. Beginning in 2016, there will no longer be primary elections held for family court judges and all elections for family court judges are to be held in the nonpartisan judicial election as set forth in article five, chapter three of this code. All indications of party identification on election ballots for family court judge shall be omitted.(b) The term of office for all family court judges elected in 2002 shall be for six years, commencing on January 1, 2003, and ending on December 31, 2008. Subsequent terms of office for family court judges elected thereafter shall be for eight years.
WV Code § 51-2A-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers|Article 2A. Family Courts|§51-2A-7. Powers; Administrative and Judicial Functions of Family Court Judge

(a) The family court judge will exercise any power or authority provided in this article, in chapter forty-eight of this code or as otherwise provided by general law. Additionally, the family court judge has the authority to:(1) Manage the business before them;(2) Summon witnesses and compel their attendance in court;(3) Exercise reasonable control over discovery;(4) Compel and supervise the production of evidence, including criminal background investigations when appropriate;(5) Discipline attorneys;(6) Prevent abuse of process; and(7) Correct errors in a record.(b) The family court judge has responsibility for the supervision and administration of the family court. A family court judge may promulgate local administrative rules governing the conduct and administration of the family court. In family court circuits with more than one family court judge, all family court judges must agree to the rules. If all of the family court judges in a family court circuit cannot agree, the chief judge of each circuit court in the counties in which the family court circuit is located shall promulgate the local administrative rules. If the chief judges of the circuit courts cannot agree, the Supreme Court of Appeals may promulgate the local administrative rules. Local administrative rules are subordinate and subject to the rules of the Supreme Court of Appeals or the orders of the chief justice. Rules promulgated by the family or circuit court are made by order entered upon the order book of the circuit court and are effective when filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals.(c) Prior to the 2003 regular session of the Legislature and annually thereafter, the Supreme Court of Appeals shall report to the Legislature on the caseload in each family court circuit and shall recommend changes to the management of the family court as the Supreme Court of Appeals deems warranted or necessary to improve the family court.(d) The Supreme Court of Appeals shall promulgate a procedural rule to establish time-keeping requirements for family court judges, family case coordinators and secretary-clerks of family court judges so as to assure the maximum funding of incentive payments, grants and other funding sources available to the state for the processing of cases filed for the location of absent parents, the establishment of paternity and the establishment, modification and enforcement of child support orders.