The Doddridge County Court Calendar
No single daily or weekly calendar covers all three courts here. The Circuit Court of Doddridge County, the Magistrate Court of Doddridge County, and the Eighteenth Family Court Circuit do not share one public calendar page. Circuit and Family settings may surface through WVPASS when a record is public. For Magistrate matters, MCRSearch case information plus the citation or notice is where to start.
The official Doddridge County court information page lists the courts, judges, clerks, and regional assignments. That official page supplies the calendar image that follows.
Use that directory to match the hearing to the right court. Then ask the clerk for confirmation.
Doddridge County Calendar Source Limits
A broad web search can mislead you here. A term date, a statistics display, and a statewide portal can each look like a live calendar. Yet each does a narrower job. WVPASS covers public Circuit Court files. MCRSearch gives Magistrate case leads. The judiciary statistics dashboard reports case counts, not a person's next setting. None of these adds up to a full Doddridge County court calendar. It spans Circuit, Family, Magistrate, and municipal matters in pieces only.
The West Virginia court statistics dashboards refresh daily and offer useful context on county and judge workload. But they will not verify an individual hearing.
The gap between the two matters. A live data dashboard is not the notice that tells you when and where to appear. When an online record shows no date, take the question to the proper clerk rather than an unofficial mirror site. A missing event can mean several things. It may not have posted yet, it may be restricted, the search may be aimed at the wrong court, or the portal may be down.
How to Find Your Court Date
Start with whichever court appears on the notice, citation, pleading, or case record in front of you. Doddridge County keeps different tools and different clerks for its different trial courts. Keep the case number close at hand too, since it cuts down on mix-ups between similar names and lets a clerk reach the right docket faster.
- For a public Circuit matter, check WVPASS for docket entries or Hearings information. For a Family matter, remember that many documents are confidential even when an order is public.
- For a Magistrate matter, search MCRSearch by first name, last name, or case number. Treat the result as a lead, not a certified calendar.
- Call the Circuit Clerk at 304-873-2331 for Circuit or Family settings, or the Magistrate Clerk at 304-873-2694 for Magistrate settings. Confirm the date, start time, location, judge, and remote or in-person status.
- If online access fails, visit the correct clerk at 108 Court Street in West Union. Call first because regular public-counter hours were not published in the reviewed official pages.
- Read the latest case-specific notice, order, or citation. No official daily printed Doddridge County calendar was documented, so ask the clerk whether a current posted list exists at the courthouse.
In a Magistrate traffic matter, the citation controls the response or appearance date. A clerk can tell you whether a later order moved it. Before calling, you can also run the Doddridge County case search process to pull together the court and case number for a fuller trail.
Doddridge County Regional Court Assignments
Doddridge County sits in the Third Judicial Circuit with Pleasants, Ritchie, and Wirt Counties. Its Circuit judges are Timothy L. Sweeney and Leslie L. Maze. Family Court follows a different map. Doddridge and Harrison Counties make up the Eighteenth Family Court Circuit. It is served by Peter Conley and Lori B. Jackson. Because of this regional structure, the courthouse field on any record matters as much as the date field.
The official Family Court judge page documents that regional assignment. It is also the source for the accompanying image.
A judge's listed office may sit outside West Union. That alone does not mean every hearing before that judge happens there. Confirm the place in the current order with the Circuit Clerk.
Reading a Court Setting
A setting entry is a compact scheduling record, not a narrative. Official CourtPLUS examples show fields for the event or hearing type, date, time, location, judge, status, attendance method, and a related docket reference. Read them as a group. A date with no event type leaves you guessing. It could be a status conference, a motion hearing, or a final hearing.
| Date and time | The scheduled day and start time. Verify both against the newest order or clerk response. |
|---|---|
| Location | The courthouse, room, or other approved site. Do not infer West Union solely from the county name. |
| Judge | The assigned judicial officer, which helps confirm the correct regional court and office. |
| Setting type | The purpose of the event, such as a conference or hearing. It is not always the trial date. |
| Status | Whether the event is set, continued, cancelled, or reset. |
| Attendance terms | Whether the order calls for in-person or authorized remote participation. |
| Docket reference | The entry date or reference that connects the setting to its filed notice or order. |
A Hearings tab and a docket event are related clues, but they are not identical. Compare both against the newest filed order. If the fields clash, ask the clerk which event still stands.
Doddridge County Terms and Hearings
Under the West Virginia Trial Court Rules, Doddridge Circuit Court terms open on the second Monday in February and July and the fourth Monday in October. The same rules describe the courts as being in continuous session and permit proceedings on judicial days. So those term openings are not a complete Doddridge County court calendar.
The rules give the court its framework. The case docket and the latest notice name the actual setting. A term date never substitutes for an assigned hearing date.
Key distinction: A court term is a period in which the court conducts work. A setting is an event assigned to a specific case.
Resets, Continuances, and Cancellations
A continuance moves a proceeding to a later point. A reset assigns a new setting. A cancellation removes the listed event. It does not by itself show the case ended. Read all three terms against the docket entry and the order that caused the change. An old setting can linger in the history even after a new one is entered.
- Set
- An event has been placed on the court schedule.
- Continued
- The proceeding has been postponed under court action.
- Reset
- A new date or time has been assigned.
- Cancelled
- The listed event will not proceed as shown, but the case may remain open.
Look at the latest entered item. Do not settle for the first future date you happen to find. Then confirm status with the clerk. Parties must follow the court's order and use counsel when represented. An online status label alone is no license to skip an appearance.
Doddridge County Remote Calendar Limits
Doddridge County posted a notice dated March 30, 2026. It allows some petitioners to appear remotely. The option covers certain domestic-violence, sexual-assault, harassment, and stalking matters. Petitioners choose in-person or remote attendance through listed advocacy-center arrangements. The form also requires a filing step 48 hours before the final hearing. It does not open remote attendance to every Doddridge County case.
Privacy rules can keep Family and protected matters out of a public calendar. They can also keep them out of a case file. Ask the Circuit Clerk how a permitted participant gets connection details. Never post access details or treat a sealed or confidential hearing as open.
Anyone outside the covered process must follow the case-specific order and the court's direction. A remote note from an earlier event proves nothing. It says nothing about the format of the next one.
Doddridge County Calendar and Closures
Weather and emergencies can shut down courthouse access without much warning. The West Virginia court closures page posts county status and explains emergency closure authority. It also covers the effect on filing deadlines. Status changes fast, so recheck it on travel day. That page is the official word on whether the courthouse is open.
The official page offers a statewide status route. But a displayed county status can change at any time. Pair it with a call to the right Doddridge County clerk. Add the latest order in your case.
Before you leave, confirm the court, date, time, room, judge, attendance mode, and current closure status. This matters most when a regional judge is assigned. Travel conditions can also affect courthouse operations.
Note: A closure notice may affect both access and deadlines. So the court or clerk should confirm what it means for your specific case.
What To Do If You Miss a Setting
Act promptly after missing a setting. Contact the clerk for the court that set the event. Give the case number, the missed date, and your role in the case. Ask whether the docket now shows a new order, warrant, default, dismissal, or other action. The clerk can report record information and process. But the clerk cannot give legal advice or promise an outcome.
Do not wait for an online update. Call 304-873-2331 for Circuit or Family Court, or 304-873-2694 for Magistrate Court. Follow any new order and contact your lawyer if represented.
A missed Doddridge County setting plays out differently by court and case type. A traffic citation, a civil conference, a criminal hearing, and a protected Family matter do not share one result. Write down whom you called and when. Note which official record or instruction you were told to check. That note helps if questions come up later.