Quesinberry v. Quesinberry

NEELY, Justice.

These consolidated actions are before this Court upon certified questions pursuant to W.Va.Code 58-5-2 [1967] and Rule 13 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure [1979]. The questions certified by the Circuit Court of Mercer County relate to appointment of counsel by a court and compensation for such counsel.

Both actions are divorce proceedings. In Quesinberry v. Quesinberry, an indigent wife represented by the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund sued her incarcerated husband, who was on death row in North Carolina on a first-degree murder conviction, for divorce. Pursuant to…