{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1-210","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-1-210","heading":"Caretaker and caretaking functions defined.","body":"(a) \"Caretaker\" means a person who performs one or more caretaking functions for a child. The term \"caretaking functions\" means activities that involve interaction with a child and the care of a child. Caretaking functions also include the supervision and direction of interaction and care provided by other persons.\n(b) Caretaking functions include the following:\n(1) Performing functions that meet the daily physical needs of the child. These functions include, but are not limited to, the following:\n(A) Feeding;\n(B) Dressing;\n(C) Bedtime and wake-up routines;\n(D) Caring for the child when sick or hurt;\n(E) Bathing and grooming;\n(F) Recreation and play;\n(G) Physical safety; and\n(H) Transportation.\n(2) Direction of the child's various developmental needs, including the acquisition of motor and language skills, toilet training, self-confidence and maturation;\n(3) Discipline, instruction in manners, assignment and supervision of chores and other tasks that attend to the child's needs for behavioral control and self-restraint;\n(4) Arrangements for the child's education, including remedial or special services appropriate to the child's needs and interests, communication with teachers and counselors and supervision of homework;\n(5) The development and maintenance of appropriate interpersonal relationships with peers, siblings and adults;\n(6) Arrangements for health care, which includes making medical appointments, communicating with health care providers and providing medical follow-up and home health care;\n(7) Moral guidance; and\n(8) Arrangement of alternative care by a family member, baby-sitter or other child care provider or facility, including investigation of alternatives, communication with providers and supervision.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS; DEFINITIONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-1-210/","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":"9045b3bbf70ea06ac426fe3965fb87fa6380b5fc8d484941e3737bbbe92a1f77","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1-209","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1-211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}