NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 494

HOUSE BILL 864

AN ACT TO ALLOW A WOMAN TO RESUME HER MAIDEN NAME WHEN SHE IS DIVORCED IN ANOTHER STATE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 50-12 is amended by deleting from the second sentence the phrase "county in which said divorce" and substituting "county and state in which the divorce".

Sec. 2. G.S. 50-12 is further amended by deleting the fourth sentence.

Sec. 3. G.S. 50-12 is further amended by deleting from the last sentence the phrase "Provided that in the complaint or crossbill for divorce filed by any woman" and substituting "In the complaint, or a counterclaim for divorce filed by any woman in this State".

Sec. 4. G.S. 50-12 is further amended by deleting the words "upon the granting of the divorce in her favor".

Sec. 5. This act shall become effective July 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of June, 1981.