{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1-222","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-1-222","heading":"Domestic relations action defined.","body":"\"Domestic relations action\" means an action:\n(1) To obtain a divorce;\n(2) To have a marriage annulled;\n(3) To be granted separate maintenance;\n(4) To establish paternity;\n(5) To establish and enforce child or spousal support, including actions brought under the provisions of the uniform interstate family support act; and\n(6) To allocate custodial responsibility and determine decision-making responsibility, or to otherwise determine child custody, as in an action petitioning for a writ of habeas corpus wherein the issue is child custody.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS; DEFINITIONS.","PART 2. DEFINITIONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-1-222/","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":"9472948eb69d78ea765fdf7a3926f3cf08b47f43e007e929cf4b00c1c1bac05a","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1-221","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1-223"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}