State v. Williams
North Carolina Court of Appeals
635 S.E.2d 495 (2006)
- Written by Meredith Hamilton Alley, JD
Facts
Cheryl Williams (plaintiff) and her ex-husband, Michael Williams (defendant) had three children. During the divorce, Cheryl testified that her father paid $1,550 per month for her rent and $340 per month for her car payment, for a total of $1,890 per month. Cheryl expected that her father would continue making the payments until her lease ended and her car was paid off. The trial court found that Cheryl’s father made the payments on her behalf to hide Cheryl’s income and assets from the court. In calculating the amount of child support, the trial court did not take the payments into account and determined that Cheryl’s gross monthly income was about $890. Michael appealed, arguing that the trial court should have considered the payments as income.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Tyson, J.)
What to do next…
Here's why 807,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:
- Written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students. 46,300 briefs, keyed to 988 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.
