113 N.C. App. 142 - Van Nynatten v. Van Nynatten’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “(a) Each past due child support payment is vested when it accrues and may not thereafter be vacated, reduced, or otherwise modified in any way for any reason, in this State or any other state, except that a child support obligation may be modified as otherwise provided by law, and a vested past due payment is to that extent subject to divestment, if, but only if, a written motion is filed, and due notice is given to all parties either: (1) Before the payment is due or (2) If the moving party is precluded by physical disability, mental incapacity, indigency, misrepresentation of another party, or other compelling reason from filing a motion before the payment is due, then promptly after the moving party is no longer precluded.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 114 N.C. App. 538 - MacKins v. MacKins · 158 N.C. App. 530 - Orange County ex rel. Harris v. Keyes

2. “[a] vested past due payment is subject to divestment only if a party filed a written motion with the court and gave due notice to all parties before the payment was due.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 114 N.C. App. 538 - MacKins v. MacKins