{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-42-1-12","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 42-1-12","heading":"When a child may inherit from a parent who has been barred from inheritance.","body":"If a parent is barred from inheriting under the provisions of W.Va. Code §42-1-11, the child may still inherit from or through the barred parent as long as a parent-child relationship does not exist between the child as an adoptee with another person as the adoptee’s adoptive parent.","path":["CHAPTER 42. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION.","ARTICLE 1. DESCENT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/42-1-12/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:28Z","sha256":"9ae8c8685eb49ff444ad63ebf2af35b7cd8edbc08f1b7ff0b8b0f799278d89ca","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-42-1-11","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-42-2-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}