West Virginia Code 25-1B-4 – Termination of inmate’s participation in program
An inmate's participation in the Correctional Center Nursery Program may be terminated by the division if one of the following occurs:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 25-1B-4
- Correctional Center Nursery Program: means the program authorized by this article. See West Virginia Code 25-1B-1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(a) The inmate fails to comply with the agreement entered into under section three of this article;
(b) The inmate's child becomes seriously ill, cannot meet medical criteria established by the division for the program or otherwise cannot safely participate in the program;
(c) A court of competent jurisdiction issues an order that designates a person other than the inmate as the child's custodial parent and legal custodian;
(d) A court of competent jurisdiction grants custody of the child to a person other than the inmate;
(e) An order is issued granting shared parenting of the child;
(f) An order regarding the child is issued granting temporary, permanent, or legal custody of the child to a person other than the inmate, or to a public children services agency or private child placing agency; or
(g) The inmate is released from imprisonment.