Cassibry v. Cassibry

SMITH, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This case comes to this Court on appeal by Debra Lomax Cassibry from an adverse ruling by the Chancery Court of the Second Judicial District of Bolivar County in granting a divorce on irreconcilable differences where no written settlement agreement existed. Although it is clear from the record that the parties had reached an oral agreement, nonetheless, the strict interpretation of Miss.Code Ann. § 93-5-2(2) (1994) was not complied with and our precedent interpreting the statute controls in the case sub judice. Cook v. Cook, 725 So.2d 205, 207 (Miss.1998);…