W. Va. Code § 48-1-237

Separate property defined.

"Separate property" means:

  1. (1) Property acquired by a person before marriage;
  2. (2) Property acquired by a person during marriage in exchange for separate property which was acquired before the marriage;
  3. (3) Property acquired by a person during marriage, but excluded from treatment as marital property by a valid agreement of the parties entered into before or during the marriage;
  4. (4) Property acquired by a party during marriage by gift, bequest, devise, descent or distribution;
  5. (5) Property acquired by a party during a marriage but after the separation of the parties and before ordering an annulment, divorce or separate maintenance; or
  6. (6) Any increase in the value of separate property as defined in subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) of this section which is due to inflation or to a change in market value resulting from conditions outside the control of the parties.
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