GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 309

HOUSE BILL 414

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE COURT TO ENJOIN THE DISPOSAL OF MARITAL PROPERTY PENDING INSTITUTION OF AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION ACTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 50-20(i) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(i)       Upon filing an action or motion in the cause requesting an equitable distribution or alleging that an equitable distribution will be requested when it is timely to do so, a party may seek injunctive relief pursuant to G.S. 1A-1, Rule 65 and Chapter 1, Article 37, to prevent the disappearance, waste or conversion of property alleged to be marital property. The court, in lieu of granting an injunction, may require a bond or other assurance of sufficient amount to protect the interest of the other spouse in the marital property."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of May, 1983.