ODOM v. ODOM

No. 808DC36.

267 S.E.2d 420 (1980)

Mary Ann ODOM v. Donald R. ODOM.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kornegay & Rice by John P. Edwards, Jr., Mount Olive, for plaintiff-appellant.

Braswell & Taylor by Roland C. Braswell, Goldsboro, for defendant-appellee.


ARNOLD, Judge.

G.S. 50-16.2(8) provides that "A dependent spouse is entitled to an order for alimony when . . . [t]he supporting spouse is a spendthrift." Plaintiff argues on appeal that the court erred in failing to submit to the jury the issue of whether defendant was a spendthrift, and in failing to instruct the jury that defendant's being a spendthrift could have been an indignity to the plaintiff. We find, however, that the evidence would not support such an...

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