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CRUISE v. CRUISE

No. 885DC459.

374 S.E.2d 882 (1989)

92 N.C. App. 586

Gaye H. CRUISE, Plaintiff, v. Billy H. CRUISE, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 17, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sperry & Cobb by George H. Sperry, Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Shipman & Lea by James W. Lea, III, Wilmington, for defendant-appellant.

ARNOLD, Judge.

Federal law precludes North Carolina from distributing Social Security under North Carolina's Equitable Distribution statute. The test for pre-emption has been set out by the U.S. Supreme Court:

On the rare occasion when state family law has come into conflict with a federal statute, this Court has limited review under the Supremacy Clause to a determination whether Congress has `positively required by direct enactment' that state law be pre...

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