Buff v. Carter

ARNOLD, Judge.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the trial court made findings of fact sufficient to support its judgment ordering defendant to pay prospective child support and arrearages. We hold that it did not.

In Coble v. Coble, 300 N.C. 708, 268 S.E. 2d 185 (1980), our Supreme Court set out what conclusions of law and findings of fact a trial judge must make in order to warrant an order compelling a party to share in the financial responsibility of child support. Applying G.S. 5043.4(c), the court stated that:

[A]n order for child support must be based upon the interplay of…