{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-56-4-57","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 56-4-57","heading":"Time to answer in general.","body":"A defendant may file his answer at any time before final decree, unless required to file it sooner under section fifty-six of this article, or by a proper rule of court under section four, article one, chapter fifty-one of this code, but a cause shall not be sent to rules or continued, because an answer is filed in it, unless good cause therefor be shown by affidavit filed with the papers.","path":["CHAPTER 56. PLEADING AND PRACTICE.","ARTICLE 4. RULES AND PLEADING."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/56-4-57/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:04Z","sha256":"d27450ba170694cb07e7bbab14e79ce96158ba56fb68a33b63c8f51deb439cb4","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-56-4-56","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-56-4-58"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}