North Carolina § 50-16 - 2: Repealed by Session Laws 1995, c. 319, s. 1.

§ 50-16. 2: Repealed by Session Laws 1995, c. 319, s. 1.

Cross References. - As to alimony generally, see G.S. 50-16.3 A. Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1995, c. 319, which repealed this section, in section 12 provides that the act applies to civil motions filed on or after that date, and shall not apply to pending litigation, or to future motions in the cause seeking to modify orders or judgments in effect on October 1, 1995. This section, prior to the repeal by S.L. 1995, c. 319, read as follows: " Grounds for alimony. "A dependent spouse is entitled to an order for alimony when: The supporting spouse has committed adultery. There has been an involuntary separation of the spouses in consequence of a criminal act committed by the supporting spouse prior to the proceeding in which alimony is sought, and the spouses have lived separate and apart for one year, and the plaintiff or defendant in the proceeding has resided in this State for six months. The supporting spouse has engaged in an unnatural or abnormal sex act with a person of the same sex or of a different sex or with a beast. The supporting spouse abandons the dependent spouse. The supporting spouse maliciously turns the dependent spouse out of doors. The supporting spouse by cruel or barbarous treatment endangers the life of the dependent spouse. The supporting spouse offers such indignities to the person of the dependent spouse as to render his or her condition intolerable and life burdensome. The supporting spouse is a spendthrift. The supporting spouse is an excessive user of alcohol or drugs so as to render the condition of the dependent spouse intolerable and the life of the dependent spouse burdensome. The supporting spouse willfully fails to provide the dependent spouse with necessary subsistence according to his or her means and condition so as to render the condition of the dependent spouse intolerable and the life of the dependent spouse burdensome." Legal Periodicals. - For article, "Proposed Reforms in North Carolina Divorce Law," see 8 N.C. Cent. L.J. 35 (1976). For article dealing with marriage contracts as related to North Carolina law, see 13 Wake Forest L. Rev. 85 (1977). For note discussing the application of the compulsory counterclaim provision of G.S. 1A-1 , Rule 13 in divorce suits, see 57 N.C.L. Rev. 439 (1979). For survey of 1978 family law, see 57 N.C.L. Rev. 1084 (1979). For survey of 1979 family law, see 58 N.C.L. Rev. 1471 (1980). For article, "Divisibility of Advanced Degrees in North Carolina - An Examination and Proposal," see 15 N.C. Cent. L.J. 1 (1984). For note, "Alimony Modification and Cohabitation in North Carolina," see 63 N.C.L. Rev. 794 (1985). For 1984 survey, "Estoppel and Foreign Divorce," see 63 N.C.L. Rev. 1189 (1985). For 1984 survey, "Equitable Distribution Without Consideration of Marital Fault," see 63 N.C.L. Rev. 1204 (1985). For 1984 survey, "The Brief Death of Alienation of Affections and Criminal Conversation in North Carolina," see 63 N.C.L. Rev. 1317 (1985). For comment, "Alimony Reform for North Carolina," see 18 N.C. Cent. L.J. 87 (1989). For note, "Post-Separation Failure to Support a Dependent Spouse as a Sole Ground for Alimony Despite the Absence of Marital Misconduct Before Separation - Brown v. Brown," see 15 Campbell L. Rev. 333 (1993). For article, "Maintenance, Alimony, and the Rehabilitation of Family Care," see 71 N.C.L. Rev. 721 (1993). For note, "Kuder v. Schroeder: The North Carolina Court of Appeals Holds That a Professional Education Is Not Within the Spousal Duty of Support," see 72 N.C.L. Rev. 1784 (1994).