NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 633

HOUSE BILL 11

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO ATTORNEY'S FEES IN PROCEEDINGS TO CAVEAT WILLS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Subsection 2 of G.S. 6-21, as the same presently appears in the 1963 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1B of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by striking out the period at the end of the present subsection 2, inserting a semicolon in lieu of the period, and adding thereto the following language: "provided, however, that in any caveat proceeding under this subsection, if the court finds that the proceeding is without substantial merit, the court may disallow attorneys' fees for the attorneys for the caveators."

Sec. 2.  This Act shall not apply to pending litigation.

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of May, 1965.