Kirstein v. Kirstein

VAUGHN, Chief Judge.

It is an accepted law in North Carolina that courts of one state cannot determine title to real property located in another state. Lea v. Dudley, 20 N.C. App. 702, 202 S.E. 2d 799 (1974); No ble v. Pittman, 241 N.C. 601, 86 S.E. 2d 89 (1955); McRary v. McRary, 228 N.C. 714, 47 S.E. 2d 27 (1948). The Kentucky court had no power to determine title to the realty in dispute, which was located in North Carolina.

Plaintiff does not attack the validity of the Kentucky divorce decree. Even if the Kentucky court had jurisdiction over the parties, it does not follow as a corollary…