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2024 West Virginia Code
Chapter 48. Domestic Relations
Article 22. Adoption
§48-22-102. Abandonment Defined
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WV Code § 48-22-102 (2024)
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"Abandonment" means any conduct by the birth mother, legal father, determined father, outsider father, unknown father or putative father that demonstrates a settled purpose to forego all duties and relinquish all parental claims to the child.
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