Blevins v. Shelton

McHUGH, Justice:

This appeal presents a narrow question of first impression for this Court to decide, specifically, whether a circuit court has the subject matter jurisdiction under the divorce statutes to modify a divorce decree by awarding rent to a former spouse who is a co-owner of the marital home which is occupied under the divorce decree by the other former spouse and one or more of their minor children, when the rent is sought solely because a new spouse is also residing in the marital home. Disagreeing with the circuit court’s affirmative ruling, we reverse.

I

In April, 1983, the…