Legal Opinion
Owenby v. Young
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 2, 2003No. 286PA02PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Justice.
Fred Johnson Young (defendant) married Priscilla Price Young (decedent) on 13 July 1985. Defendant and the decedent had two children: one bom 12 May 1989 and the other born 11 December 1990. In 1993, defendant and the decedent divorced. The two executed a separation agreement, later incorporated into a court order, granting primary custody of the children to decedent. Defendant was given secondary custody, structured as visitation.
On 28 April 2000, the decedent was killed in an airplane crash. The children thereafter resided with defendant for about four weeks until the…
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