"Earnings" means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise, and includes periodic payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program. "Disposable earnings" means that part of the earnings of any individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amounts required by law to be withheld.
W. Va. Code § 48-1-223
Earnings defined
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Wade Painter v. David Ballard, Warden (2016)
Most recently applied in Wade Painter v. David Ballard, Warden (June 2016)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.