{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-20-202","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-20-202","heading":"Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 20-204, a court of this state which has made a child custody determination consistent with section 20-201 or 20-203 has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until:\n(1) A court of this state determines that neither the child, the child and one parent, nor the child and a person acting as a parent have a significant connection with this state and that substantial evidence is no longer available in this state concerning the child's care, protection, training and personal relationships; or\n(2) A court of this state or a court of another state determines that the child, the child's parents and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in this state.\n(b) A court of this state which has made a child custody determination and does not have exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under this section may modify that determination only if it has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under section 20-201.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 20. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-20-202/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:30Z","sha256":"15fc53ccd5acdf74154d9e383953c24ab2bbc9ca0314024f9af1ea59cf3b69f1","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-20-201","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-20-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}