Jones v. Earnest

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether a divorce or separation from bed and board constituted a final decree of divorce under Ark. Code Ann. § 9-12-317 (Supp. 1991) so as to dissolve automatically a tenancy by the entirety. We hold that the tenancy by the entirety was not automatically dissolved, and we reverse the chancery court.

The facts in this case were stipulated by the parties at trial. Howard W. Jones, who is now deceased, and his wife, Lola Mae Jones, who is the appellant, acquired some land in Bradley County by warranty deed dated October 16,1973. They held…