Opinion ID: 1288805
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Heading: Order Requiring Posting of Security

Text: Mr. McDaniel appeals from the circuit court's order of June 29, 1995, requiring him to give bond or other satisfactory security for such funds as may be distributed to him by Order of the Court. In response to Mr. McDaniel's motion for a distribution of funds deposited by Ms. Kleiss with the circuit court, [14] the trial court required that he first post security before being permitted to withdraw such funds. We ruled in syllabus point three of James M.B. v. Carolyn M., 193 W.Va. 289, 456 S.E.2d 16 (1995), that [u]nder W. Va.Code, 58-5-1 (1925), appeals only may be taken from final decisions of a circuit court. A case is final only when it terminates the litigation between the parties on the merits of the case and leaves nothing to be done but to enforce by execution what has been determined. Because we determine that the order requiring the posting of security was an interlocutory order not subject to appeal, we are without appellate jurisdiction to address the issues raised in this separate petition for appeal. Cf., Coleman v. Sopher, 194 W.Va. 90, 95, 459 S.E.2d 367, 372 (1995) (recognizing that West Virginia Code § 58-5-1(i) permits appeals from certain types of interlocutory appeals). Based on the foregoing, we reverse the circuit court's ruling in modifying the judgment order and direct that the original judgment order of January 13, 1995, be reinstated. Having determined that the petition for appeal that challenges the circuit court's ruling requiring the posting of security is an interlocutory ruling not subject to appeal, we dismiss the petition as improvidently granted. Civil Action No. 23115Reversed; Civil Action No. 23328Dismissed. RECHT, Judge, sitting by temporary assignment.