Knott v. Knott

HILL, Judge.

In his first assignment of error, defendant husband argues that where the evidence shows that wife’s income exceeds her ex penses, the trial court erred in finding wife to be a dependent spouse and awarding alimony. Husband’s argument is without merit.

G.S. 50-16.2 provides that only a “dependent spouse” is entitled to alimony when one of the enumerated grounds in that statute is present. In the case sub judice, the trial court found that defendant husband abandoned plaintiff wife. Husband excepted to the finding, but has not brought forth his exception on appeal. The crucial…