Shank v. Shank

BROTHERTON, Chief Justice:

Michele Shank appeals from the final divorce order entered on December 19, 1986, by the Circuit Court of Cabell County, which granted her a divorce on grounds of cruelty but determined that certain business holdings of her husband, Richard Shank, were his separate property and thus not subject to equitable distribution.

Michele and Richard Shank were married on October 26, 1963, in Cabell County, West Virginia. They have two children, an emancipated daughter and a son who was sixteen years old when divorce proceedings were commenced on May 13, 1985. Mrs. Shank states…