{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-4-102","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-4-102","heading":"Grounds for separate maintenance.","body":"Separate maintenance may be ordered:\n(1) If the party seeking separate maintenance has grounds for divorce; or\n(2) If the party from whom separate maintenance is sought, without good and sufficient cause:\n(A) Has failed to provide suitable support for the other spouse; or\n(B) Has abandoned or deserted the other spouse.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 4. SEPARATE MAINTENANCE."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-4-102/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:20Z","sha256":"3136a00e9f74012bd330769443bf6398e1c65b03a6d0b9186e5f84ff3730d6d7","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-4-101","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-4-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}