Noble v. Noble

John F. Stroud, Justice.

This is an appeal from a divorce decree urging that the applicable property division statute should be the one in effect at the time the divorce complaint was filed. We reject that contention and affirm the chancéllor’s application of Act 705 of 1979 as it was in effect at the time the divorce decree was granted.

Appellant and appellee were married May 30, 1978, in White County, Arkansas, and lived together intermittently until their final separation less than two months later on July 21, 1978. Appellant filed an action for separate maintenance, alleging general…