NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 545

SENATE BILL 349

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 1-223 RELATING TO JUDGMENTS AGAINST A MARRIED WOMAN IN CIVIL ACTIONS BY EXTENDING IT TO APPLY TO ANY MARRIED PERSON.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 1-223, as it appears in 1969 Replacement Volume 1A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 1-223.  Against married persons. — In an action brought by or against a married person, judgment may be given against such married person for costs or damages or both, to be levied and collected solely out of such married person's separate estate or property."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of June, 1977.