Yow v. Yow

This question is presented for decision: Does a decree of absolute divorce obtained by her former husband in 1951 under the two-year separation statute G.S. 50-6 annul the right of his former wife to receive subsistence pendente lite under orders rendered in her action for alimony without divorce, G.S. 50-16, before the commencement of the proceeding for absolute divorce: her action for alimony without divorce having been instituted in 1949, and never having been finally determined.

G.S. 50-16 provides two separate remedies: one for alimony without divorce, and two, for subsistence and counsel…