Farthing v. Farthing

KENNEDY, Justice.

Jennifer Renae Dunn Farthing filed a complaint for divorce from James Vance Farthing on October 6, 1987. After ore tenus proceedings, the trial court divorced the parties and made a division of property. The plaintiff wife was awarded $20,000 from the proceeds of a sale of property that was held in the husband’s name.

The evidence presented at trial was as follows: The husband and his five siblings each inherited a one-sixth interest in property located in North Carolina. The husband and wife met in 1983 and began cohabiting thereafter. In 1984, the wife was severely injured…