GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 396
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/22/91

Short Title:  Clarify Alimony Law.	(Public)
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March 28, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REMOVE OBSOLETE LANGUAGE FROM CHAPTER 50 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES AND TO MOVE CLARIFYING PROVISIONS TO A MORE APPROPRIATE PLACE IN CHAPTER 50.
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  G.S. 50-19(c) is repealed.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.  Furthermore, a judgment of absolute divorce shall not impair or destroy the right of a spouse to receive alimony 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 judgment of absolute divorce."
Sec. 3. This act becomes effective October 1, 1991.