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WHITE v. WHITE

No. 559PA83.

324 S.E.2d 829 (1985)

Lawrence Anderson WHITE v. Jean Malcolm WHITE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Warren, Wake Forest, for plaintiff-appellee.

Kirby, Wallace, Creech, Sarda & Zaytoun by John R. Wallace, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

MITCHELL, Justice.

This case presents fundamental questions arising under the Equitable Distribution Act concerning the proper distribution of marital property when a couple is divorced.

The litigants in this action were married on September 8, 1951. In July, 1980, the plaintiff husband abandoned the home of the parties. On November 23, 1981, he filed an action for divorce based on one year's separation. The defendant wife counterclaimed for equitable distribution...

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