Court Opinion

ID: 9586309
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:09:20.754793+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:27:51.100424
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Judge Walker
concurring.
I agree that the parties did not reconcile subsequent to the execution of the separation agreement and that defendant had not materially breached the agreement so as to entitle the plaintiff to recission. Therefore, the parties remain bound by the separation agreement. This Court has stated: “A separation agreement that has not been incorporated into a divorce judgment may be equitably enforced by an order of specific performance.” Harris v. Harris, 50 N.C. App. 305, 312, 274 S.E.2d 489, 493, disc. review denied and appeal dismissed, 302 N.C. 397, 279 S.E.2d 351 (1981); Edwards v. Edwards, 102 N.C. App. 706, 708, 403 S.E.2d 530, 531, disc. review denied, 329 N.C. 787, 408 S.E.2d 518 (1991). Accordingly, if defendant continues to fail to satisfy his obligations pursuant to the agreement, plaintiff may pursue the remedy of specific performance.