Nix v. Nix

BECTON, Judge.

This appeal involves a husband’s claim under the North Carolina Equitable Distribution Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 50-20 (Supp. 1983) that the trial court erred in the classification, valuation and division of property and, ultimately, in making its distributive award under that statute.

The plaintiff-appellee, Elizabeth Lewis Nix, and the defendant-appellant, John William Nix, were married on 21 October 1979, separated on 29 May 1983, and divorced on 11 December 1984. No children were born of this marriage.

When they first met, both parties were employed — Elizabeth Lewis Nix as a…