LEWIS v. LEWIS

No. 895DC985.

389 S.E.2d 638 (1990)

98 N.C. App. 138

Karen McHatton LEWIS v. Mark Lemuel LEWIS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 3, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shipman and Lea by James W. Lea, III, Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Johnson and Lambeth by Carter T. Lambeth and Maynard M. Brown, Wilmington, for defendant-appellant.


DUNCAN, Judge.

In this equitable-distribution action, defendant challenges the classification of the parties' home as marital property. The judge ordered that plaintiff and defendant take an equal interest in the home, with defendant enjoying the use and benefit thereof and plaintiff receiving $21,000.00 for her share of the property. For the reasons that follow, we hold that the house is the separate property of defendant, and we reverse the order of the trial judge...

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