W. Va. Code § 48-1-234
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§48-1-234. Obligee defined.
Official statutory text
"Obligee" means:
(1) An individual to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be owed or in whose favor a support order has been issued or a judgment determining parentage has been rendered;
(2) A state or political subdivision to which the rights under a duty of support or support order have been assigned or which has independent claims based on financial assistance provided to an individual obligee; or
(3) An individual seeking a judgment determining parentage of the individual's child.
(1) An individual to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be owed or in whose favor a support order has been issued or a judgment determining parentage has been rendered;
(2) A state or political subdivision to which the rights under a duty of support or support order have been assigned or which has independent claims based on financial assistance provided to an individual obligee; or
(3) An individual seeking a judgment determining parentage of the individual's child.
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