West Virginia Legal Overview: Weirton-Stuebenville The Weirton-Steubenville metropolitan area covers Brooke and Hancock Counties in West Virginia, along with Jefferson County, Ohio. It is officially known as the Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV MSA. Both Brooke and Hancock Counties come under the First Judicial Circuit, which also covers adjacent Ohio County, WV. The circuit courts located in the county seats of Wellsburg (Brooke County), Wheeling (Ohio County), and New Cumberland (Hancock County) are the main trial courts with general jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases filed in the associated county.
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1. The Hancock County Circuit Court, located in New Cumberland, is the county’s main trial court and handles everything from felonies to personal injury lawsuits and large business disputes. The First Family Court Circuit, which again covers all three aforementioned West Virginia counties, is located in Wheeling. It handles divorce cases and annulments, visitation, domestic violence civil litigation, support, paternity, and other family law issues. Each county also has magistrates with limited jurisdiction to decide on misdemeanors, civil cases no greater than $5,000, and ordinance violations.
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Trending Legal Topics: Appeals against municipal, magistrate or family court verdicts are filed with the appropriate circuit court. Family court case appeals can also be filed with the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, assuming both parties are agreed on where to file the appeal. There is no intermediate appellate court in the state. Federal court cases in Brooke and Hancock Counties must be filed with the Wheeling Division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. |