Boyles v. Boyles

BECTON, Judge.

We conclude, on the facts of this case, that the Wake County Superior Court erred in according full faith and credit to the 21 April 1971 Florida judgment.

Consistent with the requirement of Article IV, Section I of the Constitution of the United States, which requires that full faith and credit be accorded to a judgment of a court of another state, our Courts indulge a presumption (until the contrary is shown) that courts of other states have jurisdiction to enter judgments consistent with their laws. Consequently, our Courts, in appropriate circumstances, treat foreign…