{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1-237","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-1-237","heading":"Separate property defined.","body":"\"Separate property\" means:\n(1) Property acquired by a person before marriage;\n(2) Property acquired by a person during marriage in exchange for separate property which was acquired before the marriage;\n(3) Property acquired by a person during marriage, but excluded from treatment as marital property by a valid agreement of the parties entered into before or during the marriage;\n(4) Property acquired by a party during marriage by gift, bequest, devise, descent or distribution;\n(5) Property acquired by a party during a marriage but after the separation of the parties and before ordering an annulment, divorce or separate maintenance; or\n(6) Any increase in the value of separate property as defined in subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) of this section which is due to inflation or to a change in market value resulting from conditions outside the control of the parties.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS; DEFINITIONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-1-237/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:19Z","sha256":"c2272807fbe7747d6c402d39b64721b855c16e3fbddd7690599a98f0adee960d","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1-236","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1-238"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}