RE: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AMENDMENTS TO RULES 17(a) AND 32(a) OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PROCEEDINGS: By order entered June 14, 2016, The Court has approved, subject to a sixty day comment period, changes to Rules 17(a) and 32(a) of the Rules of Procedure for Child Abuse and Neglect Proceedings. The Court Improvement Program requests that the word "mutual" be removed from the second sentence of Rule 17(a) to encourage the use of co-petitions. The Court Improvement Program also requests that the Court consider a proposed amendment to Rule 32(a) of the Rules of Procedure for Child Abuse and Neglect Proceedings to make the rule consistent with the time period set forth in W.Va. Code § 49-4-610(8)(B). W.Va. Code § 49-4-610(8)(B) states: "Any hearing to be held at the end of an improvement period shall be held as nearly as practicable on successive days and shall be held as close in time as possible after the end of the improvement period and shall be held no later than thirty days of the termination of the improvement period."