Hinton v. Hinton

BRASWELL, Judge.

When plaintiff-husband filed an action for divorce based on one year’s separation, defendant-wife filed a counterclaim asking for an equitable distribution of the marital property pursuant to G.S. 50-20. In his reply to the counterclaim the husband joined in the wife’s prayer for relief of equitable distribution. The divorce action was filed 2 November 1982. An absolute divorce was granted on 26 January 1983. The judgment for equitable distribution was filed 14 September 1983.

In the separate hearing on the matter of equitable distribution of the marital property the trial…