Hinkle v. Hinkle

ELMORE, Judge.

Joyce Colleen Hinkle (plaintiff) appeals from the order of equitable distribution entered 3 January 2012. Plaintiff asserts that the trial court erred by failing to consider certain findings of fact per N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-20(c). After careful consideration, we remand with further instruction consistent with this opinion.

I. Background

Plaintiff and Dennis Wayne Hinkle (defendant) were married on 29 July 1990 and lived together as husband and wife for approximately seventeen years. In July 2009, plaintiff filed a complaint in Catawba County District Court seeking an absolute…