GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 569
HOUSE BILL 396

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  G.S. 50-19(c) is repealed.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.
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