GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION
CHAPTER 569
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 50-19(c) is repealed.
Sec. 2. G.S. 50-11(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) A divorce obtained
pursuant to G.S. 50-5.1 or G.S. 50-6 shall not affect the rights of either
spouse with respect to any action for alimony or alimony pendente lite
pending at the time the judgment for divorce is granted. Except in
case of divorce obtained with personal service on the defendant spouse, either
within or without the State, upon the grounds of the adultery of the dependent
spouse, a decree of absolute divorce Furthermore, a judgment of
absolute divorce shall not impair or destroy the right of a spouse to
receive alimony and or alimony pendente lite or affect any other
rights provided for such spouse under any judgment or decree of a court
rendered before or at the time of the rendering of the judgment for of
absolute divorce."
Sec. 3. This act becomes effective October 1, 1991.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4th day of July, 1991.
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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives