Legal Opinion

Latham v. Latham

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided May 21, 1985No. 8426DC968PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WHICHARD, Judge.

The parties were divorced on 1 October 1982 and remarried to each other on 6 January 1984. They have subsequently separated. The issue is whether the remarriage of the parties to each other terminated the jurisdiction of the court that granted the divorce to adjudicate the custody and support of the minor child born to the parties prior to divorce. Although this appears to be a question of first impression, we rely upon the long-settled rule that a divorce action is pending for purposes of determining custody and support until the death of one of the parties or until the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Stanback v. StanbackSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
  2. Spence v. DurhamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1973
  3. Cleeland v. CleelandSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
  4. Weddington v. WeddingtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
  5. Greene v. Iowa District Court for Polk CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1981

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Matter of Baby Boy ScearceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1986
  2. Bradford v. BradfordCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2021
  3. Bradford v. BradfordCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2021
  4. Sappington v. SappingtonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2018

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