{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-23-403","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-23-403","heading":"Registration by a birth father.","body":"A birth father may register if:\n(1) He was named as the father in the original sealed birth certificate;\n(2) He legitimated or formally acknowledged the child as provided by law; or\n(3) He signed a voluntary abandonment and release for the child's adoption as provided by law.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 23. VOLUNTARY ADOPTION REGISTRY."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-23-403/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:32Z","sha256":"432606edff4c6318017f97e75cc6d9bfd725d4b4608f4aed0e21818b73c2e522","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-23-402","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-23-404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}