77 N.C. App. 787 - Dewey v. Dewey’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 2015
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on White v. White · 74 N.C. App. 144 - McLeod v. McLeod · 72 N.C. App. 409 - Weaver v. Weaver · Smith v. Smith · Freeze Ex Rel. Freeze v. Congleton
Most-quoted passages
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“'a presumption that gifts between spouses are marital property.' " Dewey v. Dewey, 77 N.C.App. 787 , 789, 336 S.E.2d 451 , 452 (1985) (quoting McLeod v. McLeod, 74 N.C.App. 144 , 155, 327 S.E.2d 910 , 917 (1985) ). N.C. Gen.Stat. § 50-20(b)(2) further provides that "[p]roperty acquired in exchange for separate property shall remain separate property regardless of whether the title is in the name of the husband or wife or both and shall not be considered to be marital property unless a contrary intention is expressly stated in the conveyance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'[w]hen property titled by the entireties is acquired in exchange for separate property the conveyance itself indicates the contrary intention to preserving separate property required by the statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[P]roperty acquired by gift from the other spouse during the course of the marriage shall be considered separate property only if such an intention is stated in the conveyance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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