NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 274

HOUSE BILL 485

 

 

AN ACT TO REMOVE THE PRESUMPTION THAT THE HUSBAND IS THE SUPPORTING SPOUSE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALIMONY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 50-16.1(4) is rewritten as follows:

"(4)      'Supporting spouse' means a spouse, whether husband or wife, upon whom the other spouse is actually substantially dependent or from whom such other spouse is substantially in need of maintenance and support."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of April, 1981.