West Virginia Statutes
§ 48-22-102 — Abandonment defined
"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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Legislative History
2001 Reg. Sess., HB2199
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