Door 3 · West Virginia
Custody as a father in West Virginia
Presumption status: equal-time-presumption — Presumes equal (50-50) custodial allocation; the court shall allocate equally unless agreed otherwise or harmful to the child / §48-9-209(f) limiting factors apply. Deviation requires specific findings of fact and conclusions of law (§48-9-206(d)).
Factor detail — labeled not-yet-published
The presumption status below is verified for West Virginia. A factor-by-factor list for this state has not been published in our verified data, so none is printed rather than invented. Buyers in this state get the presumption and decoding material plus the full national documentation system; the sales page says exactly that.
Presumption status
equal-time-presumption · W. Va. Code §48-9-102a; §48-9-206(a)
Presumes equal (50-50) custodial allocation; the court shall allocate equally unless agreed otherwise or harmful to the child / §48-9-209(f) limiting factors apply. Deviation requires specific findings of fact and conclusions of law (§48-9-206(d)).
Burden: Preponderance of the evidence
Effective: 2022
The paternity gate in West Virginia
Paternity-gate form names for West Virginia are labeled not verified in our data, so none are printed. The rule that travels: a signed acknowledgment establishes parentage; it is not itself a custody order or an enforceable schedule.
Run the custody decoder for West Virginia
Rules checked October 2026.