STATE EX REL. C. H. v. FAIRCLOTH

No. 18-0485.

815 S.E.2d 540 (2018)

STATE of West Virginia EX REL. C. H. and S. H., Foster Parents of J. L., Jr., Petitioners, v. The Honorable Laura V. FAIRCLOTH, Judge Of the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, West Virginia, The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, A. M., J. L., AND M. V., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: July 6, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie E. Scales-Sherrin, Esq. , Martinsburg, West Virginia, Attorney for Petitioners C. H. and S. H.

Kimberley Crockett, Esq. , Martinsburg, West Virginia, Attorney for Respondent Mother A. M.

Patrick Morrisey, Esq. , Attorney General, Melinda C. Dugas, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

Debbie Flowers Payne, Esq. , Martinsburg, West Virginia, Guardian ad Litem for Respondent Mother A. M.

Nicholas Forrest Colvin, Esq. , Martinsburg, West Virginia, Attorney for Respondent Father J. L.

Jeffrey K. Matherly, Esq. , Martinsburg, West Virginia, Guardian ad Litem for J. L., Jr.


Petitioners/foster parents C. H. and S. H.1 (hereinafter "foster parents"), seek a writ of prohibition precluding the Circuit Court of Berkeley County from enforcing its March 23, 2018, order denying their motion to intervene and its June 7, 2018, order granting the biological parents A. M. and J. L....

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