242 N.C. App. 114 - Patterson v. Patterson’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Forbis v. Neal · In Re the Will of Jones · Walters v. Walters · 70 N.C. App. 111 - Acosta v. Clark · 32 N.C. App. 83 - Riddle v. Riddle
Most-quoted passages
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“Moreover, as this Court pointed out in Sethness , the clear implication of cases where separation agreements were found to be void as against public policy and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52-10.1 is that such agreements may not by their own terms promote objectives (i.e.: divorce, termination of parental rights) which are offensive to public policy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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