NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 641
HOUSE BILL 448

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISBURSEMENT OF FAMILY SUPPORT PAYMENTS BY CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT INSTEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN RICHMOND COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 240 of the 1951 Session Laws entitled, "AN ACT RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF FUNDS IN ABANDONMENT AND NONSUPPORT CASES IN RICHMOND COUNTY", is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2.  Chapter 1250 of the 1963 Session Laws entitled, "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF ADDITIONAL COST BY THE CLERK OF COURT IN RICHMOND COUNTY", is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3.  All district court and superior court judgments, both criminal and civil, which require the payment of any funds for support of children or spouses into the office of the Department of Social Services in Richmond County are hereby amended by inserting "The office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Richmond County" in lieu of the "Department of Social Services of Richmond County".
Sec. 4.  On June 30, 1977, the director of the Department of Social Services for Richmond County shall transfer to the clerk of court all current support accounts in his office by virtue of court order.
Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective on June 30, 1977.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of June, 1977.