A public act, record or judicial proceeding of any other state, territory, possession or tribe respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of the other state, territory, possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such relationship, shall not be given effect by this state.
W. Va. Code § 48-2-603
Certain acts, records, and proceedings not to be given effect in this state
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Bostic v. Schaefer (2014)
Most recently applied in Jack Pidgeon and Larry Hicks v. Mayor Sylvester Turner and City of Houston (June 2017)
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