2005 West Virginia Code - §48-22-110. — Legal father defined.

§48-22-110. Legal father defined.
"Legal father" means, before adoption, the male person having the legal relationship of parent to a child: (1) Who is married to its mother at the time of conception; or (2) who is married to its mother at the time of birth of the child; or (3) who is the biological father of the child and who marries the mother before an adoption of the child.

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