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DILLREE BY AND THROUGH TOBIAS v. DILLREE

No. COA22-423.

882 S.E.2d 354 (2022)

2022-NCCOA-835

Veronica Jane DILLREE, BY AND THROUGH her General Guardian, Emily TOBIAS, Plaintiff, v. Harry DILLREE, and his Attorney-In-Fact, Lisa Wilcox, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed December 20, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson, Reives, Silverman & Doran, PLLC, by Jonathan Silverman , Sanford, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh, by Charles W. Clanton , K. Edward Greene , and Jessica B. Heffner , for Defendants-Appellants.

¶ 1 This appeal presents an issue not previously decided by this Court: whether a general guardian has the power to cause a legal separation on behalf of an incompetent spouse for the purpose of bringing an equitable distribution claim. Construing our General Statutes and applying precedent from the divorce context, we hold a...

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