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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA September 2001 Term
FILED  __________  RELEASED  
December 7, 2001  December 10, 2001  
RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK  No. 29687  RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK  
SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS  SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS  
OF WEST VIRGINIA  __________  OF WEST VIRGINIA  

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA EX REL.
WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES,
BUREAU FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
Plaintiff Below, Appellant,

v.
BILL WERTMAN AND APRIL L. DOWLER,
IN THEIR CAPACITY AS FAMILY LAW MASTERS
FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,
Defendants Below, Appellees

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Certified Question from the Circuit Court of Berkeley County
Honorable David H. Sanders, Judge
Civil Action No. 00-C-463

CERTIFIED QUESTION ANSWERED __________________________________________________
Submitted: October 2, 2001 Filed: December 7, 2001
Janet L. Scalia John M. Hedges
Department of Health & Human Resources Teresa J. Lyons
Bureau of Child Support Enforcement Byrne & Hedges
Martinsburg, West Virginia Morgantown, West Virginia
Attorney for the Appellant Attorneys for the Appellees

JUSTICE ALBRIGHT delivered the Opinion of the Court.

SYLLABUS BY THE COURT

1. "The question of certifiability of decisions of lower court to this Court is one which goes to the jurisdiction of this Court.

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