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THOMAS v. LaROSA

No. 19629.

400 S.E.2d 809 (1990)

Karen J. THOMAS, also known as Karen J. LaRosa v. James D. LaROSA.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Concurring Opinion of Justice Miller December 19, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark B. Frame, Wesley W. Metheney, J. Michael Benninger, Wilson, Frame & Metheney, Morgantown, for Karen J. Thomas (LaRosa).

James A. Varner, Catherine D. Munster, McNeer, Highland & McMunn, Clarksburg, for James D. LaRosa.

NEELY, Chief Justice:

This case presents the following certified question from the Circuit Court of Harrison County:

Are agreements (express or implied) which are made between adult non-marital partners for future support and which are not explicitly and inseparably founded on sexual services enforceable?

Stated another way, we are asked to decide today whether moral standards have changed sufficiently in the last thirty years that a man can now...

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