North Carolina Spousal Support
Two instruments, one framework, real fault rules
Postseparation support is the interim instrument; alimony is the longer one. Both turn on the dependent/supporting-spouse definitions — and pre-separation illicit sexual behavior carries statutory consequences the spotter encodes exactly as written. Enter the facts; the statute's own conditions render, and nothing here predicts a judgment call.
The facts you assert
What the statute's conditions say
The definitions gate everything
Alimony requires findings that one spouse is DEPENDENT and the other SUPPORTING (§ 50-16.3A(a)) — without both prongs asserted, no fault rule matters. Mark the definitional facts to see the gate.
§ 50-16.1A§ 50-16.2A§ 50-16.3A
Issue-spotting from your entries, quoting the statute's own conditions — not an eligibility determination, an amount, a duration, or a prediction. Whether conduct is 'illicit sexual behavior' and whether a spouse is 'dependent' are contested findings courts make on evidence.
Authority locked — retrieved from the hash-pinned corpus
Courts decide dependency, conduct, amount, and duration. Whether conduct is "illicit sexual behavior" and whether a spouse is "dependent" are contested findings made on evidence, North Carolina has no alimony formula or duration table, and the alimony claim itself must be pending before the divorce judgment (§ 50-11(c); § 50-6). Legal information, not legal advice.