Case Title: Larkin v. Larkin

Citation: 359 N.C. 316

Docket Number: 452A04

State: north-carolina

Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 2005-03-04T00:00:00Z

Document:
ERNEST W. LARKIN, III v. MARY JO TATUM LARKIN No. 452A04 FILED: 4 MARCH 2005 Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 598 S.E.2d 651 (2004), affirming in part and remanding in part a judgment and order entered on 3 January 2003 by Judge P. Gwynett Hilburn in District Court, Pitt County. Heard in the Supreme Court 8 February 2005. McCotter, Ashton & Smith, P.A., by Rudolph A. Ashton, III and Terri W. Sharp, for plaintiff-appellee. Ward and Smith, P.A., by Cindi M. Quay and John M. Martin, for defendant-appellant. PER CURIAM. The decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed. However, we specifically disavow the language in footnote four of the Court of Appeals opinion. MODIFIED AND AFFIRMED.