West Virginia § 48-22-302 Timing and execution of consent or relinquishment

West Virginia Statutes

§ 48-22-302 — Timing and execution of consent or relinquishment

West Virginia § 48-22-302

Ch. 48DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Art. 22ADOPTION

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W. Va. Code § 48-22-302 (2026).

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(a)No consent or relinquishment may be executed before the expiration of seventy-two hours after the birth of the child to be adopted.

(b)A consent or relinquishment executed by a parent or guardian as required by the provisions of section 22-301 must be signed and acknowledged in the presence of one of the following:

(1)A judge of a court of record;

(2)A person whom a judge of a court of record designates to take consents or relinquishments;

(3)A notary public;

(4)A commissioned officer on active duty in the military service of the United States, if the person executing the consent or relinquishment is in military service; or

(5)An officer of the foreign service or a consular officer of the United States in another country, if the person executing the consent or relinquishmen

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(a) No consent or relinquishment may be executed before the expiration of seventy-two hours after the birth of the child to be adopted.

(b) A consent or relinquishment executed by a parent or guardian as required by the provisions of section 22-301 must be signed and acknowledged in the presence of one of the following:

(1) A judge of a court of record;

(2) A person whom a judge of a court of record designates to take consents or relinquishments;

(3) A notary public;

(4) A commissioned officer on active duty in the military service of the United States, if the person executing the consent or relinquishment is in military service; or

(5) An officer of the foreign service or a consular officer of the United States in another country, if the person executing the consent or relinquishment is in that country.