LARSEN v. SEDBERRY

No. 8110SC178.

282 S.E.2d 551 (1981)

Judith Ann LARSEN v. Charles H. SEDBERRY, Administrator CTA DBN of the Estate of William Joseph Johnson, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joslin, Culbertson, Sedberry & Houck by Charles H. Sedberry, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

Sanford, Adams, McCullough & Beard by Renee J. Montgomery and William G. Pappas, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.


BECTON, Judge.

The only question for resolution on appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment for plaintiff and in failing to grant summary judgment for defendant based on the doctrine of laches in that plaintiff did not seek enforcement of the child support order until fourteen years after it was entered and until after Johnson died. We resolve the question in favor of plaintiff.

We are not unmindful of the policy consideration that...

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