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Domestic Relations – Retroactive Child Support – Child Support Guidelines
The trial court did not err in ordering defendant to pay retroactive child support. However, the trial court erred in utilizing Worksheet A when it did not make the appropriate […]
Domestic Relations – Separation Agreement – Reconciliation
Plaintiff and the decedent never revoked or modified their written separation agreement in writing, so the trial court did not err by entering a declaratory judgment that the agreement is […]
Domestic Relations – Abused and Neglected – Stipulation
Because the trial court’s findings of fact are not supported by clear and convincing evidence, the findings of fact fail to support the trial court’s conclusion of law that the […]
Domestic Relations – Chapter 7B Juvenile Proceeding – Chapter 50 Civil Custody Proceeding
The trial court did not err in awarding custody of Adam to the custodians since it made the requisite verifications under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.1(j). Further, the trial court […]
Domestic Relations – Military Pension – ‘Frozen Benefit Rule’
Wife is entitled to 21% of Husband’s disposable military retired pay. The trial court’s Military Pension Division Order and the Declaratory Judgment are affirmed. This case arose from a dispute […]
Domestic Relations – Military Pension Division Order – Uniform Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act
The court properly denied Defendant husband’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction to consider Plaintiff ex-wife’s motion for military pension division order. We affirmed. Defendant argued the […]
Domestic Relations – Child Support – Contempt Purge
The trial court erred both in holding Plaintiff in civil contempt and by impermissibly modifying its prior orders. We reversed the Contempt Order. Plaintiff appealed from an Order finding her […]
Domestic Relations – Attorneys’ Fees — Domestic Violence Protection Order
When awarding attorneys’ fees, the trial court failed to make findings of whether there was a complete absence of a justiciable issue. We vacated the attorneys’ fees order and remanded […]
Domestic Relations – Abuse of Process – Alienation of Affections
Defendant presented evidence that Plaintiff had an ulterior purpose and committed willful acts that were collateral to the action instituted. Thus, the trial court erroneously granted Plaintiff’s motion for JNOV […]
Domestic Relations – Rule 60 – Calculating Child Support
The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting Defendant’s Rule 60 motion because the Amended Order corrected only a clerical error in the Original Order; the trial court […]
Domestic Relations – Permanency-Planning Hearing – Voluntary Incarceration
The trial court did not abuse its discretion by ceasing reunification efforts with Respondent-Father and awarding guardianship to the minor’s foster family. We affirmed. Respondent-Father appealed from the trial court’s […]
Domestic Relations – Termination of Parental Rights – Right to Care and Custody Relevance to Best Interest
The trial court properly concluded termination of Respondent-Father’s parental rights was not in the minor child’s best interest. We affirmed. Petitioner Amazing Grace Adoptions appealed from an Order denying its […]
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