{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1a-301","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-1A-301","heading":"Content.","body":"(a) Parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to:\n(1) The rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property of either or both of them whenever and wherever acquired or located;\n(2) The right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, lease, consume, expend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of or otherwise manage and control property;\n(3) The disposition of property upon separation, marital dissolution, death or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event;\n(4) The modification or elimination of spousal support;\n(5) The making of a will, trust, or other arrangement to carry out the provisions of the agreement;\n(6) The ownership rights in and disposition of the death benefit from a life insurance policy;\n(7) The choice of law governing the construction of the agreement; and\n(8) Any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations, not in violation of public policy or a statute imposing a criminal penalty.\n(b) The right of a child to support may not be adversely affected by premarital agreement.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 1A. UNIFORM PREMARITAL AGREEMENT ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-1A-301/","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":"221dc9e4e0906cfd794e06e2ab7dd6ad1515c49596eb7378c2d6e054c35d47b1","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1a-201","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-1a-401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}