West Virginia Code
Chapter 48. Domestic Relations
Article 1. General Provisions; Definitions

§48-1-101. Short Title; Intent of Recodification - §48-1-101. Short title; intent of recodification. (a) This chapter sets...

§48-1-102. Legislative Intent; Continuation of Existing Statutory Provisions - In recodifying the domestic relations law of this state during...

§48-1-103. Operative Date of Enactment; Effect on Existing Law - The amendment and reenactment of chapter forty-eight of this code...

§48-1-104. West Virginia Code Replacement - The Department of Health and Human Resources is not required...

§48-1-201. Applicability of Definitions - §48-1-201. Applicability of definitions. For the purposes of this chapter...

§48-1-202. Adjusted Gross Income Defined - §48-1-202. Adjusted gross income defined. (a) "Adjusted gross income" means...

§48-1-203. Antenuptial or Prenuptial Agreement Defined - "Antenuptial agreement" or "prenuptial agreement" means an agreement between a...

§48-1-204. Arrearages or Past Due Support Defined - "Arrearages" or "past due support" means the total of any...

§48-1-205. Attributed Income Defined - (a) "Attributed income" means income not actually earned by a...

§48-1-206. Automatic Data Processing and Retrieval System Defined - "Automatic data processing and retrieval system" means a computerized data...

§48-1-207. Basic Child Support Obligation Defined - "Basic child support obligation" means the base amount of child...

§48-1-208. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement Defined - "Bureau for child support enforcement" means the agency created under...

§48-1-209. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement Attorney Defined - "Bureau for child support enforcement attorney" means those persons or...

§48-1-210. Caretaker and Caretaking Functions Defined - (a) "Caretaker" means a person who performs one or more...

§48-1-211. Chief Judge Defined - "Chief judge" means the circuit judge of the circuit court...

§48-1-212. Clergy Defined - "Clergy" includes a minister, priest, rabbi or other clergy who...

§48-1-213. Combined Adjusted Gross Income Defined - "Combined adjusted gross income" means the combined monthly adjusted gross...

§48-1-214. Commissioner Defined - " Commissioner" means any person appointed pursuant to section 18-102,...

§48-1-215. Contingent Fee Agreement Defined - (a) "Contingent fee agreement" means a contract under which an...

§48-1-216. Court Defined - "Court" means a family court of this state unless the...

§48-1-217. Court of Competent Jurisdiction Defined - "Court of competent jurisdiction" means a circuit court or family...

§48-1-218. Custodial Parent Defined - "Custodial parent" or "custodial parent of a child" means a...

§48-1-219. Custodial Responsibility Defined - "Custodial responsibility" refers to physical custodianship and supervision of a...

§48-1-220. Decision-Making Responsibility Defined - "Decision-making responsibility" refers to authority for making significant life decisions...

§48-1-221. Divorce Defined - "Divorce" means the judicial termination of a marriage contract. The...

§48-1-222. Domestic Relations Action Defined - §48-1-222. Domestic relations action defined. "Domestic relations action" means an...

§48-1-223. Earnings Defined - "Earnings" means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether...

§48-1-224. Employer Defined - "Employer" means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, public or...

§48-1-225. Extraordinary Medical Expenses Defined - "Extraordinary medical expenses" means uninsured medical expenses in excess of...

§48-1-226. Family Court Judge Defined - "Family court judge" means a family court judge appointed or...

§48-1-227. Final Divorce or Final Annulment Order Defined - "Final divorce order" or "final annulment order" means an order...

§48-1-228. Gross Income Defined - (a) "Gross income" means all earned and unearned income. The...

§48-1-229. Guardian of the Property of a Child Defined - "Guardian of the property of a child" means a person...

§48-1-230. Income Defined - "Income" includes, but is not limited to, the following: (1)...

§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 - (a) "Individual entitled to support enforcement services under the provisions...

§48-1-232. Legal Parent Defined - "Legal parent" means an individual defined as a parent, by...

§48-1-233. Marital Property Defined - "Marital property" means: (1) All property and earnings acquired by...

§48-1-233.1. Mediation Defined - "Mediation" means a method of alternative dispute resolution in which...

§48-1-233.2. Mediator Defined - "Mediator" means a neutral third person who interposes between two...

§48-1-234. Obligee Defined - "Obligee" means: (1) An individual to whom a duty of...

§48-1-235. Obligor Defined - "Obligor" means an individual or the estate of a decedent:...

§48-1-235.1. Parent Defined - "Parent" means a legal parent as defined in section 1-232...

§48-1-235.2. Parenting Functions Defined - "Parenting functions" means tasks that serve the needs of the...

§48-1-235.3. Parenting Plan Defined - "Parenting plan" means a temporary parenting plan as defined in...

§48-1-235.4. Permanent Parenting Plan Defined - "Permanent parenting plan" means a plan for parenting a child...

§48-1-235.5. Rehabilitative Spousal Support Defined - "Rehabilitative spousal support" means spousal support payable for a specific...

§48-1-236. Secretary Defined - "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Health and...

§48-1-237. Separate Property Defined - "Separate property" means: (1) Property acquired by a person before...

§48-1-238. Separation Defined - "Separation" or "separation of the parties" means the uninterrupted separation...

§48-1-239. Shared Parenting Defined - (a) "Shared parenting" means either basic shared parenting or extended...

§48-1-239a. Shared Legal Custody Defined - "Shared legal custody" means a continued mutual responsibility and involvement...

§48-1-239b. Sole Legal Custody Defined - "Sole legal custody" means that one parent has the right...

§48-1-240. Source of Income Defined - "Source of income" means an employer or successor employer or...

§48-1-241. Split Physical Custody Defined - "Split physical custody" means a situation where there is more...

§48-1-241a. Shared Physical Custody Defined - "Shared physical custody" means a child has periods of residing...

§48-1-241b. Sole Physical Custody Defined - "Sole physical custody" means a child resides with and is...

§48-1-242. Spousal Support Defined - "Spousal support" means an allowance that a person may be...

§48-1-243. Spousal Support in Gross Defined - "Spousal support in gross" means spousal support payable either in...

§48-1-244. Support Defined - "Support" means the payment of money, including interest: (1) For...

§48-1-245. Support Order Defined - (a) For cases being enforced pursuant to Title IV-D of...

§48-1-246. Unreimbursed Health Care Expenses Defined - "Unreimbursed health care expenses" means the child's portion of health...

§48-1-247. Work-Related Child Care Costs Defined - "Work-related child care costs" shall mean the cost of child...

§48-1-301. Communications Between Clergy and Party - RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS. §48-1-301. Communications between clergy and party....

§48-1-302. Calculation of Interest - (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the code, if an...

§48-1-303. Confidentiality of Domestic Relations Court Files - §48-1-303. Confidentiality of domestic relations court files. (a) All orders...

§48-1-304. Proceedings in Contempt - (a) Upon a verified petition for contempt, notice of hearing...

§48-1-305. Suit Money, Counsel Fees and Costs - (a) Costs may be awarded to either party as justice...

§48-1-306. Proceeding for Release of Support Lien - If any person deem that his or her interest, or...

§48-1-307. Collection of Child or Spousal Support by Collection Agencies - (a) Any person attempting to collect a child or spousal...

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West Virginia Code Chapter 48. Domestic Relations Article 1. General Provisions; Definitions

West Virginia Code
Chapter 48. Domestic Relations
Article 1. General Provisions; Definitions