{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-22-102","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-22-102","heading":"Abandonment defined.","body":"\"Abandonment\" means any conduct by the birth mother, legal father, determined father, outsider father, unknown father or putative father that demonstrates a settled purpose to forego all duties and relinquish all parental claims to the child.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 22. ADOPTION."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-22-102/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:31Z","sha256":"7aa961514492de8d19804eff7802b33909a66ad313d539e535561752a609a2bf","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-22-101","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-22-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}