STATE EX REL. W.V.A. DHHR v. HILL

No. 26844.

532 S.E.2d 358 (2000)

207 W.Va. 358

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. the WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, and on behalf of CHASTITY D., James D., Leslie C., Rosemarie C., Jeffrey I., Priscilla I., Chrystal M., Shane M., Cynthia M., Brandy W., and Ciera S., Petitioner, v. Honorable George W. HILL, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court of Wood County, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided February 24, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Esq., Attorney General, Rocco S. Fucillo, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for Petitioner, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

Honorable George W. Hill, Jr.


SCOTT, Justice:

In this original-jurisdiction proceeding, the petitioner, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (hereinafter "DHHR"), seeks a writ of mandamus compelling the respondent, the Honorable George W. Hill, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court of Wood County, to conduct disposition hearings pursuant to West Virginia Code § 49-6-5 (1999) in six child abuse and neglect cases in order to resolve the status of the parental rights of the biological...

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