A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT allowing a claim for equitable distribution to survive the death of a spouse when the parties are living separate and apart at the time of death and the claim is filed within six months of the date of death.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 50‑20(l) reads as rewritten:
"(l)	A claim for equitable distribution survives the death of a spouse so long as the parties are living separate and apart at the time of death. Any claim for equitable distribution made after the death of a party must be filed within six months of the date of death."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.