West Virginia Statutes
§ 28-5-37 — Maintenance of convict's wife and family
West Virginia § 28-5-37
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W. Va. Code § 28-5-37 (2026).
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The committee of any convict who was, at the time of incarceration, a resident of this state shall allow (subject to the claims of creditors) a sufficient maintenance out of the convict's estate for his wife and family, if any; the wife to be entitled, as long as he is confined, to the profits of such portion of his estate as she would have if he had died intestate.
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West Virginia § 28-5-37, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/wv/28/28-5-37.