{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-6-25","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 61-6-25","heading":"Falsely reporting child abuse.","body":"(a) Any person who knowingly and intentionally reports or causes to be reported to a law-enforcement officer, child protective service worker, or judicial officer that another has committed child sexual abuse, child abuse, or neglect as those terms are defined in §49-1-201 of this code who when doing so knows or has reason to know the accusation is false and who does it with the intent to influence a child custody decision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000, sentenced to not more than sixty hours of court-approved community service, or both.\n(b) In addition to any other sanctions imposed by the provisions of this section, any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be required to attend and complete a court-approved parenting class.","path":["CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT.","ARTICLE 6. CRIMES AGAINST THE PEACE."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/61-6-25/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:26Z","sha256":"d39e7363fe9a32cc3ed654577042d7cfc2759e74ddd087496e7f301bd158dcfd","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-6-24","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-7-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}