West Virginia Code
Article 1. General Provisions; Definitions
§48-1-103. Operative Date of Enactment; Effect on Existing Law

The amendment and reenactment of chapter forty-eight of this code and the repeal of chapters forty-eight-a, forty-eight-b and forty-eight-c of this code pursuant to the provisions of Enrolled Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 2199, as enacted by the Legislature during the regular session, 2001, are operative on September 1, 2001. The prior enactments of chapters forty-eight, forty-eight-a, forty-eight-b and forty-eight-c of this code, whether amended and reenacted or repealed by the passage of Enrolled Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 2199 have full force and effect until the provisions of Enrolled Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 2199 are operative on September 1, 2001, unless after the effective date of Enrolled Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 2199 and prior to the operative date of September 1, 2001, the provisions of Enrolled Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 2199 are otherwise repealed or amended and reenacted

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 48. Domestic Relations

Article 1. General Provisions; Definitions

§48-1-101. Short Title; Intent of Recodification

§48-1-102. Legislative Intent; Continuation of Existing Statutory Provisions

§48-1-103. Operative Date of Enactment; Effect on Existing Law

§48-1-104. West Virginia Code Replacement

§48-1-201. Applicability of Definitions

§48-1-202. Adjusted Gross Income Defined

§48-1-203. Antenuptial or Prenuptial Agreement Defined

§48-1-204. Arrearages or Past Due Support Defined

§48-1-205. Attributed Income Defined

§48-1-206. Automatic Data Processing and Retrieval System Defined

§48-1-207. Basic Child Support Obligation Defined

§48-1-208. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement Defined

§48-1-209. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement Attorney Defined

§48-1-210. Caretaker and Caretaking Functions Defined

§48-1-211. Chief Judge Defined

§48-1-212. Clergy Defined

§48-1-213. Combined Adjusted Gross Income Defined

§48-1-214. Commissioner Defined

§48-1-215. Contingent Fee Agreement Defined

§48-1-216. Court Defined

§48-1-217. Court of Competent Jurisdiction Defined

§48-1-218. Custodial Parent Defined

§48-1-219. Custodial Responsibility Defined

§48-1-220. Decision-Making Responsibility Defined

§48-1-221. Divorce Defined

§48-1-222. Domestic Relations Action Defined

§48-1-223. Earnings Defined

§48-1-224. Employer Defined

§48-1-225. Extraordinary Medical Expenses Defined

§48-1-226. Family Court Judge Defined

§48-1-227. Final Divorce or Final Annulment Order Defined

§48-1-228. Gross Income Defined

§48-1-229. Guardian of the Property of a Child Defined

§48-1-230. Income Defined

§48-1-231. Individual Entitled to Support Enforcement Services Under the Provisions of This Chapter and the Provisions of Title IV-D of the Federal Social Security Act Defined

§48-1-232. Legal Parent Defined

§48-1-233. Marital Property Defined

§48-1-233.1. Mediation Defined

§48-1-233.2. Mediator Defined

§48-1-234. Obligee Defined

§48-1-235. Obligor Defined

§48-1-235.1. Parent Defined

§48-1-235.2. Parenting Functions Defined

§48-1-235.3. Parenting Plan Defined

§48-1-235.4. Permanent Parenting Plan Defined

§48-1-235.5. Rehabilitative Spousal Support Defined

§48-1-236. Secretary Defined

§48-1-237. Separate Property Defined

§48-1-238. Separation Defined

§48-1-239. Shared Parenting Defined

§48-1-239a. Shared Legal Custody Defined

§48-1-239b. Sole Legal Custody Defined

§48-1-240. Source of Income Defined

§48-1-241. Split Physical Custody Defined

§48-1-241a. Shared Physical Custody Defined

§48-1-241b. Sole Physical Custody Defined

§48-1-242. Spousal Support Defined

§48-1-243. Spousal Support in Gross Defined

§48-1-244. Support Defined

§48-1-245. Support Order Defined

§48-1-246. Unreimbursed Health Care Expenses Defined

§48-1-247. Work-Related Child Care Costs Defined

§48-1-301. Communications Between Clergy and Party

§48-1-302. Calculation of Interest

§48-1-303. Confidentiality of Domestic Relations Court Files

§48-1-304. Proceedings in Contempt

§48-1-305. Suit Money, Counsel Fees and Costs

§48-1-306. Proceeding for Release of Support Lien

§48-1-307. Collection of Child or Spousal Support by Collection Agencies