{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-31-403","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-31-403","heading":"Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility.","body":"After a deploying parent returns from deployment until a temporary agreement or order for custodial responsibility established under this article is terminated, the court shall issue a temporary order granting the deploying parent reasonable contact with the child unless it is contrary to the best interest of the child, even if the time of contact exceeds the time the deploying parent spent with the child before deployment.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 31. UNIFORM DEPLOYED PARENTS CUSTODY AND VISITATION ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-31-403/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:37Z","sha256":"547ec66aee31958fcacebbf9094bc05b7c42d870d92dac47d0a6a1251fd0870d","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-31-402","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-31-404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}