Jacobs Pope v. Jacobs

WEBB, Judge.

The appellant’s first assignment of error deals with the court’s allowing Thomas J. Plachta, an attorney licensed in the State of Michigan to appear for the Isabella County Friend of the Court. The court did not require Mr. Plachta to comply with G.S. 84-4.1 which governs the appearance by out-of-state attorneys in the courts of this state. The appellant, while conceding that it is in the court’s discretion as to allowing an out-of-state attorney to participate in a trial in this state, argues that the court has no discretion if there is not a compliance with G.S. 84-4.1. Although…