Legal Opinion
Savas v. Savas
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 1989No. 18490PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Justice:
This case concerns the time period within which a motion under Rule 60(b) of the West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure must be filed. On June 2,1987, Mrs. Savas filed a Rule 60(b) motion to set aside a final divorce decree entered on May 7, 1986, in the Circuit Court of Logan County. The trial court denied the motion, and we affirm.
The Rule 60(b) motion asserts that there was a fraud perpetrated on the court and on Mrs. Savas. This assertion is based on the fact that she had relied on the advice of her husband’s attorney, who had prepared all of the legal papers including a…
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