Searcy v. Searcy

BENHAM, Justice.

We granted two petitions for interlocutory review of an order issued in a divorce action addressing questions of venue, joinder, and the type of assets which may be awarded as alimony. In the divorce action Gloria Searcy (hereinafter, “Wife”) filed against Floyd Searcy (hereinafter, “Husband”), Wife sought to join as defendants the estates of Husband’s late parents. Her rationale for seeking joinder was her assertion that his one-third undivided interest in the undistributed estates constitutes a majority of Husband’s assets. The trial court noted in its order the estates were…