KNOTT v. KNOTT

No. 8019DC859.

279 S.E.2d 72 (1981)

Cornelia Cranford KNOTT v. Robert Nathan Winfred KNOTT

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller & Miller by Michael C. Miller, Asheboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

Bell & Brown by Deane F. Bell, Asheboro, and Tate & Bretzmann by C. Richard Tate Jr., High Point, for defendant-appellant.


HILL, Judge.

In his first assignment of error, defendant husband argues that where the evidence shows that wife's income exceeds her expenses, the trial court erred in finding wife to be a dependent spouse and in awarding alimony. Husband's argument is without merit.

G.S. 50-16.2 provides that only a "dependent spouse" is entitled to alimony when one of the enumerated grounds in that statute is present. In the case sub judice, the trial court found...

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