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Malone v. Hutchinson-Malone
A supporting parent may enter into an enforceable agreement to pay more than would be required under the child support guidelines or to pay for *548 a longer period of time than required by North Carolina General Statute § 50-13.4(c) (2), but if the contractual child support amount or duration is less than required by statute, the child support obligee may still recover child support up to the amount and duration required under the statute. 3 See, e.g., Smith v. Smith, 121 N.C.App. 334 , 340, 465 S.E.2d 52 , 56 (1996) ("The law of this State establishes that a parent can assume contractual ob…
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DIANA MAE PATAKY
v.
KENNETH PATAKY
v.
KENNETH PATAKY
No. 571A03.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
Oct 7, 2004.
Nix & Cecil, by Lee M. Cecil, for plaintiff-appellant.
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Joyce L. Terres for defendant-appellee.
Cited by 17 opinions | Published
PER CURIAM.
As to the appeal of right based on the dissenting opinion, we affirm the majority decision of the Court of Appeals. We conclude that the petition for discretionary review as to an additional issue was improvidently allowed.
AFFIRMED; DISCRETIONARY .REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.