NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1411

SENATE BILL 1017

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 30-17 RELATING TO WHEN CHILDREN OF A DECEASED PARENT ARE ENTITLED TO A YEAR'S ALLOWANCE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The first sentence of G.S. 30-17 is rewritten to read as follows:

"Whenever any parent dies leaving any child under the age of 18 years, including an adopted child or a child with whom the widow may be pregnant at the death of her husband, or a child who is less than 22 years of age and is a full time college student, or a child under 21 years of age who has been declared mentally incompetent, or a child under 21 years of age who is totally disabled, or any other person under the age of 18 years residing with the deceased parent at the time of death to whom the deceased parent or the surviving parent stood in loco parentis, every such child shall be entitled, besides its share of the estate of such deceased parent, to an allowance of six hundred dollars ($600.00) for its support for the year next ensuing the death of such parent, less, however, the value of any articles consumed by said child since the death of said parent."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of April, 1974.