STATE EX REL. KUTIL v. Blake

By means of this original jurisdiction action, Kathryn Kutil and Cheryl Hess (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Petitioners”) seek a writ of prohibition to bar enforcement of the November 21, 2008, order 1 of the Circuit Court of Fayette County. Petitioners specifically are seeking to prevent the female infant, Baby Girl C. (hereinafter “B.G.C.”), 2 from being removed from their foster home. B.G.C. was placed in Petitioners’ home as a foster child by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (hereinafter “DHHR”) 3 shortly after the child’s birth. Petitioners are a same…