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METZNER v. METZNER

No. 21380.

446 S.E.2d 165 (1994)

191 W.Va. 378

Sydney O. METZNER, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. William R. METZNER, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 27, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Cuomo, Jr., Wellsburg, for appellant.

William R. Metzner, pro se.

BROTHERTON, Chief Justice:

In this case, we are asked to determine whether the compensation that an attorney might receive for contingent fee contracts and other future earned fees for cases which are pending at the time of a divorce is "marital property" within the meaning contemplated by West Virginia Code § 48-2-1(e)(1): "property and earnings acquired ... during the marriage." The appellant, Sydney O. Metzner, now appeals from the lower court's ruling that...

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