Court Opinion

ID: 9848438
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:19:43.328495+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:18.029516
License: Public Domain

Judge Phillips
concurring only in the result.
As to the difference between the alimony order as orally entered and as signed the point, it seems to me, is simply that the only differences Rule 58, N.C. Rules of Civil Procedure, authorizes are in form, whereas, the amount a party is required to pay is a matter of substance, and cannot be increased after appeal is taken. And as to the equitable distribution of the marital assets the lesson to be derived from this case, I believe, is merely that when essentially the only marital asset greatly increases in value between the separation and distribution the “equalizing” payment required of the one receiving the asset cannot be equitably based just on the former, deflated value, but account must be taken of the increase and why it occurred.