Crowell v. Crowell

BEASLEY, Chief Justice In this case, we consider whether the Court of Appeals erred by upholding the trial court's distributive award in an equitable distribution action which contemplates the use of a spouse's separate property. We hold that it did. Plaintiff raised an additional issue for discretionary review pertaining to corporate standing under North Carolina's equitable distribution statute, which we granted. We conclude that discretionary review of this issue was improvidently allowed.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

Plaintiff Andrea Crowell and defendant William Crowell were…