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H. B. 2301
(By Delegates Ellem, Schadler and Lane)
[Introduced January 18, 2007; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §48-8-104a, relating
to providing that adultery shall be a bar to alimony in a
divorce proceeding.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §48-8-104a, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 8. SPOUSAL SUPPORT.
§48-8-104a. Adultery as a bar to spousal support.
Spousal support may not be awarded to a party determined, by
the court in a divorce proceeding, to be at fault by having
committed adultery.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that adultery be a bar to receiving alimony in a divorce proceeding.
§48-8-104a is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring
have been omitted.
