In order to determine whether appellant's appeal of the temporary order awarding
respondent exclusive possession of the marital home and requiring appellant to vacate acted as a stay, it is necessary to determine the nature of that order.
In West Virginia, the terms of a protective order may include awarding the petitioner the
exclusive care,
possession, or control of any animal owned, possessed, leased, kept or held by either the petitioner or the
respondent or a minor child residing in the residence or household of either the petitioner or the
respondent and prohibiting the
respondent from taking, concealing, molesting, physically injuring, killing or otherwise disposing of the animal and limiting or precluding contact by the
respondent with the animal.