Ward v. McCord

Margaret Meads, Judge.

Christopher Ward has appealed from an order of the Faulkner County Chancery Court denying his motions to dismiss and for summary judgment, and granting appellee Linda Mae Ward McCord’s petition for a new trial on the ground that appellant committed fraud on the court during their divorce action in 1986. Appellee asserted in her petition that appellant had concealed $42,000 in marital funds from her. In her order granting a new trial, the chancellor stated:

This case should be reopened and [appellee] should be granted a new trial, because [appellant] committed a fraud on…