West Virginia Supreme Court
In Re: B.H. and S.S.
February 5, 2014233 W. Va. 57
Summary
The court affirmed the corrected disposition order awarding the father primary custodial responsibility and granting the mother liberal unsupervised visitation. It held that substantial compliance with an improvement period is only one factor in a dispositional decision, which is controlled by the children's best interests, and concluded that continuing safety concerns justified maintaining primary custody with the father. The court also held that the mother had an adequate opportunity to demonstrate improved parenting during unsupervised visitation. No separate opinions were filed.