{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-20-203","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-20-203","heading":"Jurisdiction to modify determination.","body":"Except as otherwise provided in section 20-204, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under subdivision (1) or (2), subsection (a), section 20-201 and:\n(1) The court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under section 20-202 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under section 20-207; or\n(2) A court of this state or a court of the other state determines that the child, the child's parents and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in the other state.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 20. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-20-203/","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":"95580aeaf3279b865c66dfc4a237eef93816f5fbf77cfd69c19acd33138d72db","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-20-202","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-20-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}