Kinlaw v. Harris

702 S.E.2d 294 (2010)

Michael KINLAW

v.

John J. HARRIS, Jr., M.D.

No. 20A10.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 5, 2010.

Anderson, Johnson, Lawrence, Butler & Bock, L.L.P., by Steven C. Lawrence, for plaintiff-appellant.

McCoy Weaver Wiggins Cleveland Rose Ray PLLC, by Jim Wade Goodman, for defendant-appellee.

NEWBY, Justice.

This case presents the question whether the trial court erred by declaring defendant's individual retirement accounts ("IRAs") exempt from execution and by ordering that any future withdrawals from defendant's Fidelity IRAs comply with an escrow arrangement. We conclude…