West Virginia Statutes
§ 56-4-57 — Time to answer in general
West Virginia § 56-4-57
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Bluebook
W. Va. Code § 56-4-57 (2026).
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A defendant may file his answer at any time before final decree, unless required to file it sooner under section fifty-six of this article, or by a proper rule of court under section four, article one, chapter fifty-one of this code, but a cause shall not be sent to rules or continued, because an answer is filed in it, unless good cause therefor be shown by affidavit filed with the papers.
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West Virginia § 56-4-57, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/wv/56/56-4-57.