Goode v. Goode

David Newbern, Justice.

In this divorce case the central issue is whether a workers’ compensation claim resulting from an injury which occurred during marriage, but which was not adjudicated or paid at the time the divorce was rendered, was subject to division as marital property pursuant to Ark. Stat. Ann. § 34-1214 (Supp. 1983). As this is a statutory interpretation question, our jurisdiction arises from Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Rule 29. 1. c.

The parties were married in 1968. The appellant suffered a work-related injury in OctQber, 1982, and he filed a Tennessee workers’…