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PATTERSON v. PATTERSON

No. 859DC797.

343 S.E.2d 595 (1986)

Elmer Joe PATTERSON v. Linda J. PATTERSON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyce, Mitchell, Burns and Smith, P.A. by Carole S. Gailor, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

E. Gregory Stott, Raleigh, and Yarborough, Jolly and Williamson by W.M. Jolly, Louisburg, for defendant-appellee.

PARKER, Judge.

Plaintiff challenges the portions of the judgment below relating to alimony, child support, equitable distribution and attorneys' fees. We shall consider each of these challenges separately.

I. Alimony

General Statute 50-16.2 provides that only a "dependent spouse" is entitled to alimony when one of the ten grounds listed in that statute is present. In this case, plaintiff stipulated that he had abandoned

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