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Senate Bill No. 110

(By Senator Facemyer)

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[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact §48-7-107 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing for the automatic court-ordered transfer of title to marital property upon decree of divorce.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §48-7-107 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY.
§48-7-107. Automatic transfer of marital property.
If an order entered in accordance with the provisions of this article requires the transfer of title to property and a party fails or refuses to execute a deed or other instrument necessary to convey title to such property, the A court-ordered transfer of legal title to any marital property, entered in accordance with the provisions of this article, shall be filed with the county clerk who shall attach the order to any applicable legal title to property. The county clerk shall then cause a deed or other instrument shall to be executed by a special commissioner appointed by the court for the purpose of effecting such the transfer of title pursuant to section seven, article twelve, chapter fifty-five of this code.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for the automatic court-ordered transfer of title to marital property upon a decree of divorce.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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