Wiencek-Adams v. Adams

LAKE, Justice.

A Judgment of Absolute Divorce between the parties in this case was entered on 2 March 1989. The issues of custody, child *690support and equitable distribution were tried before Judge D. Jack Hooks, Jr. at the 1 December 1989 and 17 July 1990 sessions of the District Court, Brunswick County. The plaintiff appealed the trial court’s order to the Court of Appeals, which rendered its opinion on 3 December 1991, with Judge Cozort dissenting.

The parties were married on 2 August 1981 and were separated on 3 January 1987; they have three daughters. At trial it was stipulated that at the…