#### WILLIAM EDWARD DOLAN v. KAREN A. DOLAN

No. 48A02

(Filed 10 May 2002)

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals,-N.C. App.-, 558 S.E.2d 218 (2002), vacating and remanding an order entered 31 August 2000 by Jarrell, J., in District Court, Guilford County. Heard in the Supreme Court 16 April 2002.

Hatfield & Hatfield, by Kathryn K. Hatfield, for plaintiff-appellant.

Floyd & Jacobs, L.L.P., by Jack W. Floyd, for defendant-appellee.

Wyatt Early Harris & Wheeler, L.L.P., by A. Doyle Early, Jr., on behalf of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, amicus curiae.

PER CURIAM.

*485AFFIRMED.

Justice EDMUNDS did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.