FORSYTH MEMORIAL HOSP., INC. v. CHISHOLM

No. 60PA95.

467 S.E.2d 88 (1996)

342 N.C. 616

FORSYTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC. v. Shirley B. CHISHOLM

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blanco Tackabery Combs & Matamoros, P.A. by John S. Harrison, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellant.

Bailey & Thomas, P.A. by Wesley Bailey, David W. Bailey, Jr., and John R. Fonda, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee.

Turner Enochs & Lloyd, P.A. by Wendell H. Ott, Laurie S. Truesdell, and Melanie M. Hamilton, Greensboro, on behalf of Duke University Medical Center; Memorial Mission Hospital, Inc.; The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority d/b/a Carolinas Medical Center; The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital; The North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc.; and Wake Medical Center, amici curiae.

North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys by Luellen Curry, President; and The North Carolina Center for Laws Affecting Women, Inc., by Meyressa H. Schoonmaker, Director, amici curiae.


MITCHELL, Chief Justice.

Shirley B. Chisholm and Melvin Chisholm were married in June of 1953. They were separated in January of 1990, at which time they were living in Boone, North Carolina. Ms. Chisholm then moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and has been a continuous resident of Forsyth County since that time. Mr. Chisholm remained in Boone and continued to be a resident of Watauga County until his death on 14 August 1992.

On 31 July 1992, Mr. Chisholm...

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