GANGOPADHYAY v. GANGOPADHYAY

No. 19608.

403 S.E.2d 712 (1991)

Ira GANGOPADHYAY v. Nirmal K. GANGOPADHYAY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.L. Kirkpatrick, III, Ashworth & Kirkpatrick, Beckley, for Ira Gangopadhyay.

James B. McIntyre, McIntyre, Haviland & Jordan, Charleston, for Nirmal K. Gangopadhyay.


MILLER, Chief Justice:

I.

This appeal presents the principal question of whether the parties to a divorce can be bound by an oral property settlement if such an agreement is spread upon the record in open court and the parties testify under oath they agree to its terms.

The plaintiff wife in the divorce action below argues that such a procedure violates W.Va.Code, 48-2-16(a) (1984), which concerns the...

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