{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1-204","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-1-204","heading":"Arrearages or past due support defined.","body":"\"Arrearages\" or \"past due support\" means the total of any matured, unpaid installments of child support required to be paid by an order entered or modified by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by the order of a magistrate court of this state, and shall stand, by operation of law, as a decretal judgment against the obligor owing such support. The amount of unpaid support shall bear interest from the date it accrued, at a rate of five percent per annum, and proportionately for a greater or lesser sum, or for a longer or shorter time. Except as provided in rule 23 of rules of practice and procedure for family law and as provided in section 1-302, a child support order may not be retroactively modified so as to cancel or alter accrued installments of support.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS; DEFINITIONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-1-204/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:18Z","sha256":"05867a1550d57bf3c72d66be0a6737f5896387658e22436e41e7fcf0c2c440f1","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1-203","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1-205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}