Thomas Joiner vs. Dora Taylor Joiner

Wife appeals the conversion from a divorce from bed and board (now known as a "legal separation") to an absolute divorce, claiming the trial court was required to hold another evidentiary hearing concerning the support and property rights of the parties. The parties had ostensibly agreed to a final division of property at the time of the divorce from bed and board, and the trial court had held a later hearing regarding the fairness of the division and Wife's capacity to make such an agreement. Because we find that the trial court made "a final and complete adjudication of the support and property rights of the parties," as required by statute, when it incorporated the agreement of the parties at the time of the divorce from bed and board, we affirm the trial court.