{"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.","PART 1. DEFINITIONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-22-102/","current_through":"as of 2026-10-13; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session (newest effective date 2027-07-01)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-18T05:20:36Z","sha256":"7aa961514492de8d19804eff7802b33909a66ad313d539e535561752a609a2bf","source_id":"us-wv","stale":false,"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."}