{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-22-110","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-22-110","heading":"Legal father defined.","body":"\"Legal father\" means, before adoption, the male person having the legal relationship of parent to a child: (1) Who is married to its mother at the time of conception; or (2) who is married to its mother at the time of birth of the child; or (3) who is the biological father of the child and who marries the mother before an adoption of the child.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 22. ADOPTION."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-22-110/","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":"8eea1e178c2f9a9199ff3363284ab0ab0d7067fd5fae5a75f4833720b89d2230","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-22-109","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-22-111"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}