Yarbrough v. Yarbrough

Cureton, Judge:

Arlene Yarbrough appeals from the order of the family court finding her eighteen-year marriage to Tom Yarbrough void and thereon, denying her petition for a divorce, alimony and an equitable division of the property. We reverse and remand.

The facts in this case establish a myriad of multiple marriages coupled with a dearth of documented divorces. Tom Yarbrough ceremonially married Varnelle in 1947 or 1948. It was his first marriage and it lasted about a year. For reasons best known to him, he no longer remembers Varnelle’s maiden name.

Tom’s second liaison was with Martha Keim…