YATES v. DOWLESS

No. 8826DC1190.

379 S.E.2d 79 (1989)

Juliana G. YATES, Petitioner, v. Bobby Ray DOWLESS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. T. Byron Smith, and Associate Atty. Gen., Bertha Fields, Raleigh, for the petitioner, appellee.

Thomas R. Cannon and Amy L. McGrath, Charlotte, for respondent, appellant.


HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

The sole question presented on this appeal is whether respondent is obligated to support his son, Jason, beyond 3 November 1989, Jason's twentieth birthday. In an earlier order, respondent agreed to support Jason until he graduates from high school or reaches the age of 20.

The common law of this state was that a father was under a legal obligation to continue to support a child who, before and after reaching majority, was and continued...

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