Shermer v. Cornelius

Neely, Justice:

We granted this certified question to determine whether full faith and credit should be extended to a divorce/custody decree which was awarded by the courts of New York State, in favor of the petitioner. We have decided that West Virginia courts should extend full faith and credit to the New York order.

Petitioner, Judy Cornelius, is a resident of Penn Yan, Yates County, New York. She is the natural mother of Mark Allen Shermer, age 9 and Alicia Ann Shermer, age 7, both offspring of her marriage to David Shermer. On 20 May 1976, the Supreme Court of Yates County, New York,…