CHAPTER 42. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION.

ARTICLE 1. DESCENT.

§42-1-12. When a child may inherit from a parent who has been barred from inheritance.

If a parent is barred from inheriting under the provisions of W.Va. Code §42-1-11, the child may still inherit from or through the barred parent as long as a parent-child relationship does not exist between the child as an adoptee with another person as the adoptee’s adoptive parent.

§42-1-12. When a child may inherit from a parent who has been barred from inheritance.

Bill History For §42-1-12