State v. T.C.

MILLER, Justice:

This is an appeal by the State of West Virginia protesting an order of the Circuit Court of Nicholas County, which restored the custody of T.C., then age four and one-half years, to the appellees, the child’s mother and stepfather. We are asked to determine what procedures are required by West Virginia law in cases of alleged child abuse and to determine if those requirements were met in this case.

In June, 1980, T.C., then age three and one-half years, was brought by her stepfather, P.B., to the emergency room of the hospital in Summersville. He explained that the little girl…