Coble v. Coble

PARKER, Judge.

Defendant’s assignments of error are directed to the trial court’s finding of fact that the defendant is capable of providing child support and to its conclusion that the plaintiff is entitled to an award of $189.99 per month in child support. The initial question presented is whether defendant-mother has any legal duty to provide support for her children. G.S. 59-13.4(b) provides in part:

In the absence of pleading and proof that circumstances of the case otherwise warrant, the father, the mother, or any person, agency, organization or institution standing in loco parentis shall…