State ex rel. West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources v. Ruckman

McHUGH, Senior Status Justice.1

This is an appeal by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (hereinafter “DHHR”) of the October 25, 2007, order of the Circuit Court of Clay County in which DHHR was granted a portion of the relief it sought in prohibition. In its petition to the circuit court for issuance of a writ of prohibition, DHHR maintained that a family court judge exceeded his authority by ordering DHHR to perform two particular tasks. First, DHHR claimed that the family court judge exceeded his authority by ordering DHHR to have a child protective services…