GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2010-14
SENATE BILL 59
AN ACT to clarify an order for the payment of attorneys' fees in actions for alimony or postseparation support.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 50-16.4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 50-16.4. Counsel fees in actions for alimony, postseparation support.
At any time that a dependent spouse would be entitled to
alimony pursuant to G.S. 50-16.3A, or postseparation support pursuant to
G.S. 50-16.2A, the court may, upon application of such spouse, enter an
order for reasonable counsel fees for the benefit of such spouse, fees,
to be paid and secured by the supporting spouse in the same manner as
alimony."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2010, and applies to fees for services rendered on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of June, 2010.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ William L. Wainwright
Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 1:35 p.m. this 23rd day of June, 2010