Teague v. Teague

The record does not disclose the county in which plaintiff and defendant were divorced. Presumably the divorce was secured in Guilford County. The place, however, is immaterial, for the court in which an action for alimony without divorce (G.S. 50-16) was instituted does not lose its custody jurisdiction to the court of another county in which an action for divorce is subsequently filed. In re Custody of Sauls, 270 N.C. 180, 154 S.E. 2d 327; Blankenship v. Blankenship, 256 N.C. 638, 124 S.E. 2d 857. Defendant’s contention that Judge Hasty lacked jurisdiction of the motion is without merit.

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