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2015 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT
ARTICLE 8D. CHILD ABUSE.
- §61-8D-1. Definitions.
- §61-8D-2. Murder of a child by a parent, guardian or custodian or other person by refusal or failure to supply necessities, or by delivery, administration or ingestion of a controlled substance; penalties.
- §61-8D-2a. Death of a child by a parent, guardian or custodian or other person by child abuse; criminal penalties.
- §61-8D-3. Child abuse resulting in injury; child abuse creating risk of injury; criminal penalties.
- §61-8D-3a. Female genital mutilation; penalties; definitions.
- §61-8D-4. Child neglect resulting in injury; child neglect creating risk of injury; criminal penalties.
- §61-8D-4a. Child neglect resulting in death; criminal penalties.
- §61-8D-5. Sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in a position of trust to a child; parent, guardian, custodian or person in a position of trust allowing sexual abuse to be inflicted upon a child; displaying of sex organs by a parent, guardian, or custodian; penalties.
- §61-8D-6. Sending, distributing, exhibiting, possessing, displaying or transporting material by a parent, guardian or custodian, depicting a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct; penalty.
- §61-8D-7. Presentation of false information regarding child's injuries; penalty.
- §61-8D-8. Testimony of husband and wife.
- §61-8D-9. Convictions for offenses against children.
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