Boyett v. Boyett

John A. Fogleman, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Charles Comer Boyett, Jr., filed a complaint for divorce on June 6, 1979, and appellee Harriett Hoffman Boyett filed her answer and cross-complaint on June 22,1979- Appellant filed his answer to the cross-complaint on Sept. 17, 1979- On October 2, 1979, appellant filed a motion for declaratory judgment, asking that the chancery court declare that Ark. Stat. Ann. § 34-1214 (Repl. 1962), rather than Act 705 of 1979, controls the disposition and division of property, if a divorce should be granted. After a hearing on the motion was held on November 8,…