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In Re Biggers

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided April 7, 1948PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDbviN, J.

This is another of those unfortunate cases of the children of divorced parents.

The petitioner, Mrs. Annie Bost Biggers, now Mrs. Bennick, having entered an appearance and filed answer in the suit instituted by her former husband, J. L. Biggers, in the State of Florida, she is bound by the judgment duly entered in that court in so far as it dissolved the marriage ties. Under the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution of the United States, Art. IV, sec. 1, the Florida divorce decree is valid here. S. v. Williams, 224 N. C., 183, 29 S. E. (2d), 744; McRary v. McRary, ante, 714;…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. In Re AldermanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
  3. State v. . WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1944
  4. In Re the Custody of TenhoopenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1932
  5. In Re DefordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1946

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Thrasher v. ThrasherCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1969
  2. Richter v. HarmonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
  3. Allman v. RegisterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1951
  4. Gafford v. PhelpsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952
  5. Kovacs v. BrewerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957

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