Case Name: ERNEST W. LARKIN, III v. MARY JO TATUM LARKIN
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 2005-03-04
Citations: 359 N.C. 316
Docket Number: No. 452A04
Parties: ERNEST W. LARKIN, III v. MARY JO TATUM LARKIN
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 359
Pages: 316–316

Head Matter:
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 Hilbum 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.

Opinion:
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.