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    "judges": [
      "Judges Wells and Parker concur."
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      "PATRICIA McNULTY TROGDON v. CALVIN LANCASTER TROGDON"
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        "text": "PHILLIPS, Judge.\nPlaintiff sued for an absolute divorce; defendant counterclaimed for an order of equitable distribution but died before either claim could be adjudicated. The appeal is from the denial of the petition of the administrator of defendant\u2019s estate to be allowed to substitute for the defendant in the action.\nThe appeal has no merit. Permitting the administrator of defendant\u2019s estate to enter the case would avail nothing. The order of equitable distribution that defendant counterclaimed for cannot be obtained because he and plaintiff were not divorced as G.S. 50-21(a) requires, McKenzie v. McKenzie, 75 N.C. App. 188, 330 S.E.2d 270 (1985); and they can never be divorced since the marriage was dissolved by death. Caldwell v. Caldwell, 93 N.C. App. 740, 379 S.E.2d 271, disc. rev. denied, 325 N.C. 270, 384 S.E.2d 513 (1989).\nAffirmed.\nJudges Wells and Parker concur.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Bailey and Thomas, hy David W. Bailey, Jr. and John R. Fonda, for plaintiff appellee.",
      "Morrow, Alexander, Task, Long & Black, by Clifton R. Long, Jr., for defendant appellant."
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    "head_matter": "PATRICIA McNULTY TROGDON v. CALVIN LANCASTER TROGDON\nNo. 8921DC95\n(Filed 6 February 1990)\nDivorce and Alimony \u00a7 21.9 (NCI3d)\u2014 equitable distribution\u2014 defendant deceased before claim adjudicated \u2014 administrator of estate not allowed to substitute\nThe trial court correctly denied the petition of the administrator of defendant\u2019s estate to be allowed to substitute for defendant in an equitable distribution action where defendant died after filing a counterclaim for equitable distribution but before the counterclaim or plaintiffs claim for divorce could be adjudicated. The marriage was dissolved by death and the parties can never be divorced as required by N.C.G.S. \u00a7 50-21(a).\nAm Jur 2d, Divorce and Separation \u00a7\u00a7 176, 177, 639.\nAPPEAL by petitioner administrator from order entered 26 October 1988 by Reingold, Judge, in FORSYTH County District Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 12 September 1989.\nBailey and Thomas, hy David W. Bailey, Jr. and John R. Fonda, for plaintiff appellee.\nMorrow, Alexander, Task, Long & Black, by Clifton R. Long, Jr., for defendant appellant."
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