North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Bohannan v. McManaway. Where the March 15, 2007, custody order includes the patent falsehood that defendant had failed to file an answer, and where the trial court entered the permanent custody order without hearing testimony, the trial court . . .

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State v. Mann. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-1198, 7 pp.) (Cressie Thigpen Jr., J.) Appealed from Pamlico County District Court. (Cheryl Spencer, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: When evidence is clear that ...

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State o/b/o Benford v. Bryant. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1096, 7 pp.) (Robert C. Hunter, J.) Appealed from Carteret County District Court. (Jerry F. Waddell, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The trial court ...

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Johnson v. Johnson. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1092, 15 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) (Barbara Jackson, J., concurring) Appealed from Carteret County District Court. (Peter Mack, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The trial court’s ...

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In Re: K.U-S.G. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1090, 12 pp.) (Robert C. Hunter, J.) Appealed from Guilford County District Court. (Sherry F. Alloway, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The trial court did not ...

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In re D.J.E.L. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1088, 8 pp.) (Donna S. Stroud, J.) Appealed from Guildford County District Court. (H. Thomas Jarrell Jr., J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The trial court did ...

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State o/b/o Benford v. Bryant. The trial court did not have the legal authority to reduce the amount of arrearage that accrued under a Michigan child support judgment under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. The court must give full faith and credit to support payments accrued and vested under the Mich. judgment.

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Honeycutt v. Honeycutt. Even though the plaintiff-wife claims the parties' separation agreement is unfair and was unfairly pushed upon her by the defendant-husband, since the wife accepted and retains benefits under the separation agreement, she has ratified the agreement and cannot have it rescinded. We affirm the trial court's grant of partial summary judgment for the husband as to the wife's rescission claim.

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In re Williams. Even when a father is ordered to pay child support and arrested for criminal nonsupport of his Illegitimate children, those children cannot later inherit from their father's estate.

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Gaynor v. Gaynor. The trial court's order setting a separation date in a divorce case is an interlocutory order and does not affect a substantial right. Therefore, there is no appellate jurisdiction. Appeal dismissed.

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