NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 809

HOUSE BILL 1152

 

 

AN ACT REGARDING THE AWARD OF ATTORNEYS' FEES IN CAVEAT PROCEEDINGS WHICH HAVE SUBSTANTIAL MERIT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 6-21(2) is amended by rewriting the proviso at the end of the subdivision to read:

"provided, that in any caveat proceeding under this subdivision, the court shall allow attorneys' fees for the attorneys of the caveators only if it finds that the proceeding has substantial merit."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification and applies to all proceedings filed on and after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of July, 1981.