SPENCE v. DURHAM

No. 7221DC564.

191 S.E.2d 908 (1972)

16 N.C. App. 372

Susan Durham SPENCE v. James Robert DURHAM et al.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hudson, Petree, Stockton, Stockton & Robinson by Norwood Robinson, and White & Crumpler by Fred G. Crumpler, Jr., Winston-Salem, for plaintiff appellee.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice by W. P. Sandridge, Jr., Winston-Salem, for Mr. and Mrs. James Robert Durham, plaintiffs appellees.

Hatfield, Allman & Hall, by Roy G. Hall, Jr., Winston-Salem, for defendants appellants.


VAUGHN, Judge.

Among other things, the trial judge held "that the document entered on June 2, 1969 in Cobb County, Georgia does not constitute a judgment entitled to full faith in credit. . . ." To so hold constituted patent error. However, the judge did correctly conclude that, even if the judgment was entitled to full faith and credit, the courts of this State have jurisdiction to enter orders providing for the custody of minor children when they are physically...

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