LOWE v. LOWE

Record No. 841440.

357 S.E.2d 31 (1987)

Robert Jackson LOWE, Sr. v. Kay Neal LOWE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jefferson B. Brown, Portsmouth, for appellant.

Albert L. Fary, Jr., Portsmouth, for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, and THOMAS, JJ., and COCHRAN, Retired Justice.


POFF, Justice.

This appeal from a divorce decree requires us to construe the provisions of Code § 20-107.3, commonly called the equitable distribution statute. The question we decide is whether the chancellor erred by ordering the husband to convey to the wife his interest in the jointly owned marital home.

Kay and Robert Lowe were married in 1961. In 1967, the couple purchased a home in Portsmouth as tenants by the entireties. On September 1, 1982, Kay...

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