Boyle v. Boyle

FOX, Judge: 1

This appeal from the Circuit Court of Ohio County, West Virginia, brings before this Court for the first time the issue of whether a third party may intervene in a divorce proceeding.

Pursuant to Rule 24(a)(2) of the West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure, 2 the appellant, Charles E. Bradley, made application to the circuit court seeking permission to intervene in the divorce proceeding of Robert E. Boyle and Camilla M. Boyle. The circuit court denied the appellant’s application.

Camilla Boyle and Robert Boyle commenced divorce proceedings on 5 November 1987. In that action,…