A non-custodial divorced parent’s obligation to pay child support doesn’t automatically terminate when a child leaves the custodial parent’s home to live on his own, a divided panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled in a case ...

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  A trial court abused her discretion when she ordered a father to pay child support arrears of $24,400 at the rate of $100 per month—which would have taken more than 20 years—when his income allowed him to pay the ...

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On remand from the court’s reversal of the trial court’s original child support order, the trial court exercised its discretion not to take additional evidence but erroneously made findings of fact as to the parties’ conduct on remand. We therefore ...

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Where there was neither a motion to modify child support nor any evidence presented about that issue, the trial court should not have modified defendant’s child support obligation sua sponte. We affirm the trial court’s custody modification and attorneys’ fee ...

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Kabasan v. Kabasan (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-015-18, 49 pp.) (Valerie Zachary, J.) Appealed from Buncombe County District Court (Andrea Dray, J.) N.C. App. Holding: In listing the income sources to be considered in an alimony award, G.S. § 50-16.3A(b)(4) does ...

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Lasecki v. Lasecki (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-385-17, 44 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from Iredell County District Court (Edward Hedrick IV, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though the plaintiff-husband’s income had decreased, since the parties’ separation agreement was not incorporated ...

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  Catawba County ex rel. Rackley v. Loggins (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-061-17, 28 pp.) (Michael Morgan, J.) (Mark Martin, C.J., joined by Sam Ervin IV, J., concurring in the result only) Appealed from Catawba County District Court (Gregory Hayes, J.) ...

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Sarno v. Sarno (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-289-17, 22 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) (Hunter Murphy, J., dissenting) Appealed from Mecklenburg County District Court (Ronald Chapman, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though the trial court made findings regarding the parties’ average ...

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There’s falling behind on your child support payments, and there’s falling behind more than $300,000 on your child support payments. Somehow, Dr. David Gerlach managed to do the latter. According to a court ruling in the case involving Gerlach and ...

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Crews v. Paysour (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-057-17, 7 pp.) (Richard Dietz, J.) Appealed from Pitt County District Court (G. Galen Braddy, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Even if the trial court lacked statutory authority to consider defendant’s motion for permanent ...

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