STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES v. Ruckman

674 S.E.2d 229 (2009)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Petitioner Below, Appellant

v.

THE HONORABLE TIMOTHY RUCKMAN, Family Court Judge of Clay County, West Virginia, Respondent Below, Appellee.

No. 33912.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted January 14, 2009.

Decided February 6, 2009.

Angela Alexander Ash, Attorney General's Office, Princeton, Counsel for the Appellant.

James Wilson Douglas, Sutton, Counsel for the Appellee.

McHUGH, Senior Status Justice.[1]

This is an appeal by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human…