245 N.C. App. 1 - Carpenter v. Carpenter’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2018
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on White v. White · Quick v. Quick · 72 N.C. App. 372 - Wade v. Wade · Williams v. Williams · 202 N.C. App. 509 - McKoy v. McKoy
Most-quoted passages
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“A "dependent spouse" must be either actually substantially dependent upon the other spouse or substantially in need of maintenance and support from the other spouse.... A party is "actually substantially dependent" upon her spouse if she is currently unable to meet her own maintenance and support. A party is "substantially in need of maintenance and support" if she will be unable to meet her needs in the future, even if she is currently meeting those needs. If the trial court determines that a party's reasonable monthly expenses exceed her monthly income, and that she has no other means with which to meet those expenses, it may properly conclude the party is dependent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In all non-jury trials, the trial court must specifically find 'those material and ultimate facts from which it can be determined whether the findings are supported by the evidence and whether they support the conclusions of law reached.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the court must determine whether [that] spouse would be unable to maintain his or her accustomed standard of living, established prior to separation, without financial contribution from the other.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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