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2009 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS
ARTICLE 4. SEPARATE MAINTENANCE.
§48-4-102 Grounds for separate maintenance.

§48-4-102. Grounds for separate maintenance.
Separate maintenance may be ordered:

(1) If the party seeking separate maintenance has grounds for divorce; or

(2) If the party from whom separate maintenance is sought, without good and sufficient cause:

(A) Has failed to provide suitable support for the other spouse; or

(B) Has abandoned or deserted the other spouse.

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