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Title: Family Law Case Update


1
Family Law Case Update
  • Cheryl Howell
  • June 2006

2
Contracts - Review
  • Premarital agreements
  • Postnuptial agreements
  • Separation Agreements

3
Premarital agreements
  • Uniform Premarital Agreements Act
  • GS 52B
  • No consideration required
  • Can contract re alimony

4
Postnuptial agreements
  • GS 52-10(a)
  • Contracts valid unless violate public policy
  • GS 50-20(d)
  • Agreements re property division allowed before,
    during or after marriage
  • No alimony agreement unless separated

5
Separation Agreements
  • Executed while separated or when separation
    imminent
  • Can resolve all issues
  • Executory provisions voided by reconciliation

6
Agreements
  • Dawbarn v. Dawbarn, COA Feb. 2006
  • Postnuptial agreement
  • Violates public policy?
  • Cf. Williams, 120 NC App 707 (1995)
  • Cf. Matthews, 2 NC App 143 (1968)

7
Dawbarn
  • Fraud, duress, undue influence
  • 3 year statute of limitation
  • Unconscionability
  • Need procedural AND substantive
  • Breach of fiduciary duty

8
Agreements
  • Kornegay v. Robinson, COA Feb. 2006
  • Premarital agreement
  • GS 52B
  • Must be entered voluntarily
  • Disclosure required - GS 52B-7

9
Declaratory Judgment
  • Agreement incorporated into divorce
  • Declaratory Judgment (GS 1-254) to interpret?
  • Fucito v. Francis, COA, Dec. 2005

10
Classification
  • H inherits real property
  • H transfers title to H W as tenants by the
    entirety
  • W testifies no gift
  • H testifies no gift
  • Gift?

11
Distributive awards
  • Presumption that in-kind is equitable has been
    rebutted
  • Identify assets to pay award, OR
  • Identify and consider financial impact of
    liquidating assets or borrowing

12
Debt
  • Equity line balance 17,738 on date of separation
    (marital debt)
  • H pays 4,320 after separation (interest and
    finance charges on equity line)
  • How do you account for payments by H?

13
Divisible Property
  • GS 50-20(b)(4)(d) Divisible property includes
  • Increases and decreases in marital debt and
    finance charges and interest related to marital
    debt
  • Before October 11, 2002 - decreases were
    considered distribution factors

14
Debt
  • W withdraws 7,500 more from equity line after
    separation
  • H pays interest and finance charges on that new
    debt
  • How do you account for Hs payments?

15
Deviation Order
  • Guideline amount and
  • Reasonable needs of child and
  • Ability of each parent to pay and
  • Guidelines inadequate/excessive and why, OR
  • Guidelines unjust/inappropriate and why AND
  • Basis for amount ordered

16
Imputing Income
  • Voluntarily unemployed or underemployed and
  • Capable of providing support and
  • Bad faith OR
  • Deliberate suppression of income to avoid support

17
Child Support
  • Stay home mom during first marriage
  • Stay home mom during second marriage
  • Impute income?
  • How much?
  • Roberts v. McAllister, COA Nov. 2005

18
Custody Order Review
  • Order allows Wednesday night visitation
  • Judge states Only until kindergarten
  • Child starts kindergarten mom stops Wednesday
    night visitation
  • Mom in contempt?
  • Can judge amend order?

19
Custody Order Review
  • Joint legal custody to parents
  • primary physical to dad
  • visitation to mom
  • Order approves placement of child with paternal
    grandmother
  • Constitutional problems re Price v. Howard ?

20
Custody Order Review
  • Custody case filed (Chapter 50)
  • 50B action filed, 10-day hearing held and order
    entered
  • Defendant committed domestic violence
  • Custody order entered
  • Defendant did not commit domestic violence
  • Problem?

21
Custody Order Review
  • Order awards parents joint legal custody
  • primary physical custody to mom
  • Order awards mom primary decision making
    authority
  • Problem?
  • Diehl v. Diehl, COA June 6, 2006
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