They can petition for visitation but their success depends on the circumstances. It would be easier of the parents agreed to it, of course. In West Virginia conditions for grandparent visitation rights include:
Adoption cuts off all visitation rights of grandparents. See related links.
You would have to sue for visitation rights. If you pay support, you should have visitation rights unless otherwise indicated by the court. Click on the related links section posted below by contributor George McCasland for detail.
http://www.divorcesource.com/WV/ARTICLES/douglas6.html
With a court order, any age. Without, 18.
I believe dower and courtesy rights were abolished in WV in 1992.
You can sell the land and reserve the mineral rights. The wording of the deed has to specify it.
Yes you do.
Yes, until/unless the child is adopted.
Gays in WV have the exact same rights as everyone else in WV against someone killing them. It's just as illegal to kill a straight person as it is to kill a gay person.
Got to lawv.net to find the Legal aid of WV office in your area. I can't find any income guidelines that tell exactly what the income limit is anywhere on the internet. You'll have to make an appointment to determine if you qualify. Hope this helps!
Dower rights in West Virginia was the right of a woman to inherit the property of the husband if he died first. Dower rights of this nature are no longer used in West Virginia. It is more complicated today with children inheriting along with the wife.
The standard two letter abbreviation for the state of West Virginia is WV.
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