{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-31-301","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-31-301","heading":"Proceeding for temporary custody order.","body":"(a) After a deploying parent receives notice of deployment and until the deployment terminates, a court may issue a temporary order granting custodial responsibility unless prohibited by the Service Members Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. §3931 and §3932. A court may not issue a permanent order granting custodial responsibility without the consent of the deploying parent.\n(b) At any time after a deploying parent receives notice of deployment, either parent may file a motion regarding custodial responsibility of a child during deployment. The motion shall be filed in a pending proceeding for custodial responsibility in a court with jurisdiction under section one hundred four of this article or, if there is no pending proceeding in a court with jurisdiction under section one hundred four of this article, in a new action for granting custodial responsibility during deployment.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 31. UNIFORM DEPLOYED PARENTS CUSTODY AND VISITATION ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-31-301/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:36Z","sha256":"8fa7869b8b0b97dd1b883d9f6eaa8b3453410bfefbefc0563d2e4e1b53e94ac2","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-31-205","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-31-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}