McKinney v. Kingdon

My departure from the majority centers on the opinion’s second syllabus,1 which I believe is an unwarranted extension of the traditional power lodged in a trial court to decree a division of the parties’ property. I derive some comfort from the fact that the opinion limits itself “to automobiles, a unique kind of personal property, and is not intended to affect the existing law con*328cerning real property or drastically alter the way personal property is currently disposed of in divorce actions. ...” [Majority Opinion, p. 9]

1 think the majority has misread the scope of W. Va. Code, 48-2-15,…