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    "judges": [
      "Judges WEBB and Martin (Harry C.) concur."
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        "text": "VAUGHN, Judge.\nPlaintiff started this action on 30 August 1978 seeking divorce from defendant on the ground of one year\u2019s separation. On 31 October 1978, after obtaining an order extending time to answer, defendant answered and pled as an affirmative defense and bar to plaintiff\u2019s claim for absolute divorce that plaintiff had willfully and wrongfully abandoned defendant on 8 July 1977. Plaintiff\u2019s motion to strike this affirmative defense pursuant to Rule 12(f) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure was granted. Defendant appeals the trial court\u2019s granting of this motion.\nThe wrongful and willful abandonment pled by defendant, as well as adultery, is a type of recriminatory defense that until recently could defeat an action for divorce based on a year\u2019s separation. Harrington v. Harrington, 286 N.C. 260, 210 S.E. 2d 190 (1974). The 1977 General Assembly through two amendments to G.S. 50-6 changed this on any action for divorce brought after 31 July 1977. See 1977 N.C. Sess. Laws c. 817 and 1977 N.C. Sess. Laws c. 1190. Recrimination cannot be asserted as a defense in actions for absolute divorce based on a year\u2019s separation brought after that date. Since plaintiff\u2019s action was begun on 30 August 1978, the defense of recrimination in the form of abandonment was not available to defendant even though the alleged abandonment occurred prior to the effective date of the statute. Edwards v. Edwards, 43 N.C. App. 296, 259 S.E. 2d 11 (1979); Gerringer v. Gerringer, 42 N.C. App. 580, 257 S.E. 2d 98 (1979); Smith v. Smith, 42 N.C. App. 246, 256 S.E. 2d 282 (1979).\nThe trial judge properly struck the abandonment defense. His order is\nAffirmed.\nJudges WEBB and Martin (Harry C.) concur.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Alexander H. Barnes, for plaintiff appellee.",
      "Newsom, Graham, Hedrick, Murray, Bryson & Kennon, by Josiah S. Murray III, and Lewis A. Cheek, for defendant appellant."
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    "head_matter": "REBECCA M. BOONE v. WILLIAM H. BOONE\nNo. 7914DC441\n(Filed 20 November 1979)\nDivorce and Alimony \u00a7 5\u2014 divorce based on year\u2019s separation \u2014 recrimination not defense\nRecrimination in the form of abandonment is unavailable as a defense in actions for divorce based on a year\u2019s separation brought after 31 July 1977 even though the alleged abandonment occurred prior to that date. G.S. 50-6.\nAPPEAL by defendant from Read, Judge. Order entered 13 March 1979 in District Court, DURHAM County. Heard in the Court of Appeals 13 November 1979.\nAlexander H. Barnes, for plaintiff appellee.\nNewsom, Graham, Hedrick, Murray, Bryson & Kennon, by Josiah S. Murray III, and Lewis A. Cheek, for defendant appellant."
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