Coates v. Coates

This is an appeal by Stanley G. Coates, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, from an order of property settlement entered in a divorce proceeding by the circuit court of Tazewell County. Kay F. Coates, the former wife of the defendant, will hereinafter be referred to as the plaintiff.

The plaintiff and defendant were married on July 29, 1967, and lived together until the middle of June 1973. No children were bom of the marriage. During the marriage of the parties the defendant was employed full time as a salesman for a drug company and the plaintiff was periodically employed as…