Vincent v. Vincent

CLARK, Judge.

Plaintiff first contends that the Alabama court was not entitled to modify the prior North Carolina alimony decree. G.S. 50-ll(d) provides that a sister state cannot terminate alimony payments awarded under a North Carolina decree when the supporting spouse obtains an ex parte divorce in that state. See, e.g., Fleek v. Fleek, 270 N.C. 736, 155 S.E. 2d 290 (1967).

In the case sub judice, however, the Alabama courts had in personam jurisdiction over the plaintiff-wife since she answered the complaint, counterclaimed and entered a general appearance in the Alabama proceeding. There…