Starcher v. Crabtree

BROTHERTON, Justice.

The petitioner, Larry Starcher, a circuit court judge, comes to this Court seeking an original writ of prohibition and mandamus, commanding the respondents, Paul Grab-tree, Administrative Director of the Supreme Court, and Dr. Sharon Lord, Commissioner of the Department of Human Services, not to implement the family law master provisions of the recently enacted Enrolled H.B. 2094, 68th Leg., Reg.Sess., 1986 W.Va. Acts, which is scheduled to take effect July 1, 1986. We agree with the petitioner and grant the writ.

The federal “Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984,”…