Purvis v. Purvis
North Carolina Court of Appeals
867 S.E.2d 700 (2021)
- Written by Kelli Lanski, JD
Facts
Eddie Purvis (plaintiff) and Constance Purvis (defendant) married in 1988 and had a daughter. Their daughter attended college from 2009 to 2013. Eddie and Constance had a joint bank account throughout their marriage, and both agreed that they wanted to pay for their daughter’s education. Eddie took out student loans in his name to help pay for their daughter’s college tuition and fees, with Constance’s knowledge and involvement. They jointly decided that only Eddie’s name should be on the student loans based on their credit scores. Eddie and Constance separated in 2017. At that time, the outstanding student-loan balance in Eddie’s name totaled $164,163. During divorce proceedings, Constance filed a motion seeking a declaration that the loans were separate, not marital property. The court denied Constance’s motion, finding that the loans were marital property and assigning 75 percent of the outstanding balance to Eddie and 25 percent to Constance. Constance appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Wood, J.)
What to do next…
Here's why 832,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:
- Written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students. 46,500 briefs, keyed to 994 casebooks. Top-notch customer support.
- The right amount of information, includes the facts, issues, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents.
- Access in your classes, works on your mobile and tablet. Massive library of related video lessons and high quality multiple-choice questions.
- Easy to use, uniform format for every case brief. Written in plain English, not in legalese. Our briefs summarize and simplify; they don’t just repeat the court’s language.
