Friend-Novorska v. Novorska

I do not believe the majority opinion fully addresses a number of crucial issues in this case. These issues are: (I) precisely which portions of the trial court’s original order were vacated, and which portions were left standing, by this Court in Friend-Novorska v. Novorska, 131 N.C. App. 867, 509 S.E.2d 460 (1998) (Friend-Novorska I); (II) the trial court’s failure to make a new award of alimony on remand; and (III) the trial court’s renewed failure to explain both the amount of alimony and the duration of the award on remand. For these reasons, I must dissent.

The trial court’s original…