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2009 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS
ARTICLE 23. VOLUNTARY ADOPTION REGISTRY.
§48-23-403 Registration by a birth father.

§48-23-403. Registration by a birth father.
A birth father may register if:

(1) He was named as the father in the original sealed birth certificate;

(2) He legitimated or formally acknowledged the child as provided by law; or

(3) He signed a voluntary abandonment and release for the child's adoption as provided by law.

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