NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 320

HOUSE BILL 596

 

 

AN ACT DECLARING THAT JUDGMENTS OF DIVORCE ENTERED BY COURTS OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION WITHOUT CONCLUSIONS OF LAW THAT THE PLAINTIFF WAS ENTITLED TO AN ABSOLUTE DIVORCE ARE VALID AND OF FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Any judgment of divorce which has been entered prior to April 1, 1977, by a court of competent jurisdiction within the State of North Carolina without a conclusion of law that the plaintiff was entitled to an absolute divorce, but which is proper in all other respects, is hereby rendered valid and of full force and effect.

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of May, 1977.