{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-5-29","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 61-5-29","heading":"Failure to meet an obligation to pay support to a minor; penalties.","body":"(1) A person who: (a) Repeatedly and willfully fails to pay his or her court-ordered support which he or she can reasonably provide and which he or she knows he or she has a duty to provide to a minor; and (b) is subject to court order to pay any amount for the support of a minor child and is delinquent in meeting the full obligation established by the order and has been delinquent for a period of at least six months' duration is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or confined in jail for not more than one year, or both fined and confined.\n(2) A person who repeatedly and willfully fails to pay his or her court-ordered support which he or she can reasonably provide and which he or she knows he or she has a duty to provide to a minor by virtue of a court or administrative order and the failure results in twelve months without payment of support that remains unpaid is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than three years, or both fined and imprisoned.","path":["CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT.","ARTICLE 5. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/61-5-29/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:25Z","sha256":"739d2eb1d995c893b08be2e8469a0aa8e4574e9fdd9ee0135e1fd60e85b24e55","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-5-28","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-5-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}