STATE EX REL. D.B. v. BEDELL

No. 21-0937.

874 S.E.2d 682 (2022)

STATE of West Virginia EX REL. D.B. and J.N., Foster Parents of R.L., Petitioners, v. The Honorable Thomas A. BEDELL, Judge of the Circuit Court of Harrison County; J.S. and T.S., Intervenors and Maternal Grandparents of R.L.; and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: April 26, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy B. Cooper, Esq. , Blackwater Law PLLC, Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, Attorney for Petitioners.

Aimee N. Goddard, Esq. , Legal Aid of West Virginia, Clarksburg, West Virginia, Attorney for Respondent Grandparents.

Patrick Morrisey, Esq. , Attorney General, Angela Alexander Walters, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Caleb A. Seckman, Esq. , Assistant Solicitor General, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for WV DHHR.

Dreama D. Sinkkanen, Esq. , Sinkkanen Law Offices, Clarksburg, West Virginia, Guardian ad Litem.


The petitioners, D.B.1 and J.N., the foster parents of R.L., seek a writ of prohibition to prevent the enforcement of the October 19, 2021, order of the Circuit Court of Harrison County that granted the motion of the respondents, J.S. and T.S., the maternal grandparents, for the temporary placement...

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