From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Pataky v. Pataky

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Oct 1, 2004
359 N.C. 65 (N.C. 2004)

Opinion

No. 571A03

Filed 7 October 2004

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 160 N.C. App. 289, 585 S.E.2d 404 (2003), reversing and remanding an Order entered 30 November 2001 by Judge William L. Daisy in District Court, Guilford County. On 5 February 2004, the Supreme Court allowed discretionary review of an additional issue. Heard in the Supreme Court 14 September 2004.

Nix Cecil, by Lee M. Cecil, for plaintiff-appellant. Joyce L. Terres for defendant-appellee.


As to the appeal of right based on the dissenting opinion, we affirm the majority decision of the Court of Appeals. We conclude that the petition for discretionary review as to an additional issue was improvidently allowed.

AFFIRMED; DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.


Summaries of

Pataky v. Pataky

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Oct 1, 2004
359 N.C. 65 (N.C. 2004)
Case details for

Pataky v. Pataky

Case Details

Full title:DIANA MAE PATAKY v. KENNETH PATAKY

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Oct 1, 2004

Citations

359 N.C. 65 (N.C. 2004)
602 S.E.2d 360

Citing Cases

Yancey Cnty. ex rel. Buchanan v. Jones

Moreover, "the determination of bad faith . . . is best made on a case by case analysis by the trial court."…

Walton v. Walton

However, "evidence of a voluntary reduction in income is insufficient, without more, to support a finding of…