Cook v. Cook

The appellant, William Cook, appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Wayne County dismissing a counterclaim against his former wife, Patricia Gail Cook, the appellee. This Court has before it the petition for appeal, all matters of record and briefs.

The appellant and the appellee were married on February 25, 1982, in Grundy, Virginia. Six months later, the appellant created a joint tenancy with the right of sur-vivorship with the appellee from two tracts of land in Wayne County. The land had been acquired by the appellant in 1974, conveyed to him by deed. Less than one year after their…