Legal Opinion
Stanley v. Cox
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided January 20, 1961No. 597PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtParkbe, J.
Plaintiffs state in their brief, “the validity of defendant’s claim of lien is governed by the state of the law in 1951, and involves the validity of the court’s decree as a consent judgment for a lien to secure alimony in the divorce action of that year. G.S. 50-11. ... In 1951 a consent judgment for alimony entered in an action for divorce a vinculo was unenforceable as a decree of court.”
Ruffin, C. J., said for the Court in Rogers v. Vines, 28 N.C. 293: “Now, 'alimony’ in its legal sense may be defined to be that proportion of the husband’s estate which is judicially allowed and allotted…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by31 opinions
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