JONES v. JONES

No. 19266.

400 S.E.2d 305 (1990)

Doyle JONES v. Jacqueline JONES and Robey J. Knight, Committee for Jacqueline Jones, Incompetent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orton A. Jones, Hedges, Jones, Whittier & Hedges, Spencer, for Jacqueline Jones and Robey J. Knight.

Sandra Sisson Bullman, Charleston, for Doyle Jones.


MILLER, Justice:

In this appeal of a property settlement order, we are asked to rule on the applicability of the equitable distribution law. The circuit court found the equitable distribution law to be inapplicable here. We find this to be error and, therefore, reverse the order of the circuit court and remand for a determination of the distribution.

The parties to this action, Doyle and Jacqueline Jones, were married in February, 1954, in Roane County, where...

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