PHELPS v. PHELPS

No. 9115DC1063.

426 S.E.2d 294 (1993)

109 N.C. App. 242

Jon (Jake) PHELPS, Plaintiff, v. Lisa B. PHELPS, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 2, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Bryan, III, Chapel Hill, for plaintiff-appellant.

Glenn, Mills & Fisher, P.A. by William S. Mills, Durham, for defendant-appellee.


WELLS, Judge.

This case dramatically illustrates the frustrating and difficult aspects of our adversarial method of determining child custody between separated or divorced parents.

Joshua Phelps' parents separated when he was two years old. For approximately two years following separation, Joshua was "shared" by his parents, spending alternate weeks with each parent. When this action was initiated, Joshua was three, and when the case came to trial, he was...

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