177 N.C. App. 415 - Martin v. Roberts’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “The tenancy by the entirety may be terminated by a voluntary partition between the husband and the wife whereby they execute a joint instrument conveying the land to themselves as tenants in common or in severalty. But neither party is entitled to a compulsory partition to sever the tenancy. . . . . . . A divorce a vinculo, an absolute divorce destroying the unity of husband and wife that is essential to the existence of the tenancy, will convert an estate by the entirety into a tenancy in common. The divorced spouses become equal cotenants.. . . Each spouse is entitled to an undivided one-half interest in the property. . . . A divorce a mensa et thoro, on the other hand, a divorce from bed and board which does not dissolve the marriage relation, does not sever the "unity of the persons," and does not terminate or change the tenancy by the entirety in any way. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 N.C. App. 166 - Estate of Nelson Ex Rel. Brewer v. Nelson

2. “and does not terminate or change the tenancy by the entirety in any way. . . . Martin v. Roberts, ___ N.C.App. ___, ___, 628 S.E.2d 812, 815 (2006) (citations omitted) (emphasis in original) (emphasis added). See In re Civil Penalty, 324 N.C. 373, 384 , 379 S.E.2d 30, 37 (1989) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 N.C. App. 166 - Estate of Nelson Ex Rel. Brewer v. Nelson