Except as otherwise provided in this section, upon every judgment of annulment, divorce or separation, the court shall divide the marital property of the parties equally between the parties.
W. Va. Code § 48-7-101
Equal division of marital property
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 218 W. Va. 201 - Marriage of Staton v. Staton (2005)
Most recently applied in Yeshiareg Mulugeta v. Dimitri Misailidis (June 2017)
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