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.