Chafin v. Chafin

PER CURIAM: 1

This action is before this Court upon the appeal of H. Truman Chafin and the appeal of Gretehen Lewis Chafin from the final order of the Circuit Court of Monongalia County, West Virginia, entered on December 5, 1996. 2 The two appeals have been consolidated for purposes of this opinion. At issue before this Court is the distribution of the parties’ property following their divorce upon the ground of living separate and apart for one year. W.Va.Code, 48-2~4(a)(7) [1981],

This Court has before it the petitions for appeal, all matters of record and the briefs and argument of counsel.…