Ferree v. Ferree

EAGLES, Judge.

I

Plaintiff first assigns as error that the trial court erred when it refused to enforce the Deed of Separation under its contempt power. We agree that there is error.

It is now the law in this state that all separation agreements approved by the court as judgments of the court will be treated as court ordered judgments. These court ordered separation agreements are modifiable and enforceable by the contempt powers of the court in the same manner as any other judgment in a domestic relations case. Walters v. Walters, 307 N.C. 381, 298 S.E. 2d 338 (1983). However, judgment here was…