SYLVIA BENFIELD STEGALL v. ERNEST WILLIAM STEGALLSUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINADecember 6, 1993, Heard in the Supreme Court June 17, 1994, FiledOn 13 March 1989 judgment of absolute divorce was granted in defendant's action. Thereafter, plaintiff on 8 October 1990 voluntarily dismissed her action pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 1A-1, Rule 41(a)(1) but filed a new action asserting her claims for alimony and equitable distribution on 18...more
THOMAS B. BRUCE v. HARRIET B. BRUCECOURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINAJanuary 15, 1986, Heard in the Court of Appeals March 4, 1986, FiledPlaintiff and defendant were married on 17 December 1939 and separated 6 April 1973. A period of eleven years and approximately nine months elapsed between the date of separation and the filing of the complaint for absolute divorce.During that time, plaintiff and defendant continuously lived...more
KENT B. MORRIS v. JEANE JUNKER MORRISCOURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINANovember 27, 1979, Heard in the Court of Appeals February 5, 1980, FiledPlaintiff filed an absolute divorce from defendant on grounds of a one year separation of the parties. Defendant admitted the allegations in the complaint and in cross-action; she alleged abandonment by plaintiff and indignities to her person. She prayed that plaintiff's action for absolute divorce be denied and dismissed, and that she be granted a divorce from bed and board and attorney's fees.She also prayed for a jury trial on all issues. Defendant moved to strike plaintiff's answer and cross-action. In that motion, plaintiff alleged that defendant had instituted a previous action against him in Mecklenburg County for alimony, that the action had been heard and judgment rendered therein for plaintiff, that defendant had appealed from said judgment, and that the appeal was then pending in the Court of Appeals. Plaintiff's motion to strike came on for hearing before Judge Saunders at the Mecklenburg Non-jury Session of District Court on 5 March 1979. Judge Saunders allowed plaintiff's motion to strike, and entered judgment for...more
ROBERT E. JOHNSON v. ELIZABETH J. JOHNSONCOURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINAMay 24, 1972, FiledPlaintiff instituted this action for divorce on 4 September 1970 and judgment granting an absolute divorce was entered on 23 November 1970. The complaint sets forth the names and ages of the two minor children born of the marriage, as...more
DOROTHY B. HAMILTON v. BUFORD L. HAMILTON, JR.COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINAMarch 10, 1978, Heard in the Court of Appeals June 20, 1978, FiledPlaintiff wife commenced this action on 26 July 1976 by way of verified complaint and summons. In her complaint she sought alimony without divorce, custody of the minor children of the...more
HAROLD MAXWELL, JR. v. SANDRA E. WOODS, alias SANDRA E. MAXWELLCOURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINAMay 20, 1980, Heard in the Court of Appeals July 1, 1980, FiledDefendant was married to William J. Woods on 6 October 1962. On 19 May 1969, defendant obtained a decree of absolute divorce from Woods by judgment of the District Court for Carteret County on the ground of one year's separation. Plaintiff and defendant were married on or about 15 March 1974.Sometime thereafter, plaintiff transferred a piece of property to himself and defendant as tenants by the entirety. Plaintiff had purchased the property on 1 March 1974 and executed a note and deed of trust to secure the purchase. The Plaintiff new husband filed a declaratory judgment against his wife sought to establish that a decree of divorce between his wife and her former husband was void and that, therefore, plaintiff's subsequent marriage to defendant was void ab initio. Plaintiff also sought to have himself declared fee simple owner of a piece of property which he conveyed to himself and defendant as tenants by the entirety. The trial court concluded that plaintiff had no standing to attack collaterally the...more
CORNELIA ELLINWOOD v. EVERETT H. ELLINWOOD, JR.COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINAThe husband, a psychiatrist who worked long hours advancing his career, spent little time with his wife or three children. The husband did not assist the...more
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