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IN RE HUNTER H.

No. 12-0173.

744 S.E.2d 228 (2013)

In the Matter of HUNTER H.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided March 14, 2013.

Concurring in part and Dissenting in part Opinion of Justice Workman June 17, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa M. Hawrot, Esquire , Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, Jacob A. Manning, Esquire , Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, Wheeling, WV, for Respondents, Jerry and Joyce W.

Robert G. McCoid, Esquire , McCamic, Sacco, & McCoid, PLLC, Wheeling, WV, for Petitioner, Donna D.

Patrick Morrisey, Esquire , Attorney General, Katherine M. Bond, Esquire , Assistant Attorney General, for DHHR.

Joseph J. Moses, Esquire , Wheeling, WV, Guardian ad Litem for the Minor Child Hunter H.

KETCHUM, J.:

The Circuit Court of Ohio County has submitted a certified question asking whether a court may order continued visitation to a grandparent when the child is adopted by a non-relative. Our review of this question is controlled by the Grandparent Visitation Act, W.Va.Code § 48-10-101 et seq. [2001]. After thorough review, we conclude that the Grandparent Visitation Act does not provide for continued grandparent visitation after a child...

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