W. Va. Code § 48-4-102

Grounds for separate maintenance.

Separate maintenance may be ordered:

  1. (1) If the party seeking separate maintenance has grounds for divorce; or
  2. (2) If the party from whom separate maintenance is sought, without good and sufficient cause:

    1. (A) Has failed to provide suitable support for the other spouse; or
    2. (B) Has abandoned or deserted the other spouse.
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