STOKES v. CRUMPTON

No. 168A16.

800 S.E.2d 41 (2017)

Thomas A. STOKES, III v. Catherine C. CRUMPTON (formerly Stokes).

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed June 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shanahan Law Group, PLLC, Raleigh, by Kieran J. Shanahan , Christopher S. Battles , and John E. Branch, III , for plaintiff-appellant.

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh, by Tobias S. Hampson , K. Edward Greene , and Robert A. Ponton, Jr. , for defendant-appellee.


This case is about whether a trial court has discretion to order post-confirmation discovery in an action under the Family Law Arbitration Act and a party's right to an interlocutory appeal of the trial court's denial of such a motion. We hold that plaintiff had a right to appeal the trial court's denial of his motion to engage...

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