{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-28-5-37","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 28-5-37","heading":"Maintenance of convict's wife and family.","body":"The committee of any convict who was, at the time of incarceration, a resident of this state shall allow (subject to the claims of creditors) a sufficient maintenance out of the convict's estate for his wife and family, if any; the wife to be entitled, as long as he is confined, to the profits of such portion of his estate as she would have if he had died intestate.","path":["CHAPTER 28. STATE CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS.","ARTICLE 5. THE PENITENTIARY."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/28-5-37/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:26:39Z","sha256":"6575a86599c6b5b4ad796427b24c28fd89788e66dc709f841bc48f13851ac2bd","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-28-5-36","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-28-5-38"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}