{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-57-3-4","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 57-3-4","heading":"Confidential communications between husband and wife.","body":"Neither husband nor wife shall, without the consent of the other, be examined in any case as to any confidential communication made by one to the other while married, nor shall either be permitted, without such consent, to reveal in testimony after the marriage relation ceases any such communication made while the marriage existed.","path":["CHAPTER 57. EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES.","ARTICLE 3. COMPETENCY OF WITNESSES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/57-3-4/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:07Z","sha256":"5aee42dc7615c6c652e26e538d2783ee60de0692b0418918f8cc24c799bfa125","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-57-3-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-57-3-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}