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Criminal Cases (Felony and Magistrate Appeals)
  • Bound over Felony charge to Circuit Court from Magistrate Court
  • Misdemeanor is a crime for which the punishment is usually a fine and/or up to one (1) year in a county jail.
  • Felony is a serious crime punishable by at least one (1) year in prison.
  • Criminal Appeal from Magistrate Court
  • Miscellaneous proceedings
    • Civil Cases
  • General Civil includes, but is not limited to, Torts, Contract Case, Extraordinary Writs, Condemnation Cases, and Removals from Magistrate Court and Foreign Judgments.
  • Domestic Relations includes, but is not limited to, Divorces, Paternity Suits, Annulments, Separate Maintenance Action, URESA Cases and original petitions for Establishment of Spousal Support.
  • Domestic Violence
  • Circuit Infant Guardianship
  • Family Infant Guardianship
  • Circuit Infant Guardianship-Removed
  • Appeals of Denial of Emergency Protective Order
  • Adoption
  • Mental Hygiene
  • Guardianship/Conservatorship - Online Training Tutorial: www.state.wv.us/wvsca/GCTest/index.htm
  • Administrative Appeals
  • Civil Appeal from Magistrate Court includes appeals in family violence cases.
  • Miscellaneous Proceedings includes miscellaneous civil proceedings which do not involve a money judgment, generally require only one hearing and usually are presented by petition rather than complaint. Also includes petitions additional to criminal proceedings in Magistrate Court.
  • Juvenile Abuse and Neglect Proceedings
  • Juvenile Abuse and Neglect Administrative Proceedings
  • Juvenile Abuse and Neglect Mandamus Proceedings
  • Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings
  • Juvenile Status Offenses Proceedings
    • Juvenile Cases
    Divorce Cases
    Court Appointment to Criminal Cases
    Mental Hygiene Cases
    Custody and Child Support Cases
    Guardianship Cases
    Adoption Cases
    Name Change Cases
    Infant Guardianship/Settlement Cases
    Supreme Court Appeals Cases
    Forfeiture Cases
    Civil Appeal Cases
    Restitution/Court Cost Payment Records

    Case numbers are assigned when a case-initiating document is filed. The case number is entered on the original and all copies of that document are returned to the filing attorney or party. It is crucial that careful control be exerted over the assignment of case numbers so that no two cases are given the same case number and that no case number is skipped. New case numbers are not assigned to cases that are reopened or cases remanded from the Supreme Court. An example of a case number is the following: 08-C-140, this would mean that this is the 140th general civil case filed during 2008. Case number is year-case type-amount so far in any particular year.