BUNN v. BUNN

No. 454.

136 S.E.2d 240 (1964)

262 N.C. 67

Christine Carpenter BUNN v. Harold BUNN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfonso Lloyd and R. P. Upchurch, Raleigh, for plaintiff.

No counsel contra.


SHARP, Justice.

"Alimony, as that term is used in the law, is an allowance made for the support of the wife out of the estate of the husband by order of court in an appropriate proceeding, and is either temporary or permanent." Stanley v. Stanley, 226 N.C. 129, 37 S.E.2d 118. Consent judgments for the payment of subsistence to the wife are of two kinds. In one, the court merely approves or sanctions the payments which the husband has agreed to make for the wife's...

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