McDermott v. McDermott

986 S.W.2d 843 (1999)

336 Ark. 557

Harry McDERMOTT, Appellant,

v.

Rhonda McDERMOTT, Appellee.

No. 98-1169.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 11, 1999.

Lee Linzay, Fayetteville, for appellant.

Thomas J. Olmstead, Thomas B. Burke, Fayetteville, for appellee.

IMBER, Justice.

In this divorce case the central issue is whether an attorney's contingency-fee agreements entered into during marriage are marital property under Ark.Code Ann. § 9-12-315 (Repl.1998). The appellant, Mr. Harry McDermott, contends the trial court erred when it declared that certain contingency-fee agreements secured in conjunction with…