Bill Text: NC H803 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Allow Court to Assess Atty Fees/50C Orders

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-25 - Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C [H803 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2011-H803-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 803

Committee Substitute Favorable 4/20/11

Senate Judiciary I Committee Substitute Adopted 5/22/12

 

Short Title:        Allow Court to Assess Atty Fees/50C Orders.		(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

April 7, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT allowing a court to assess attorneys' fees in civil no‑contact orders.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 50C‑5(b)(7) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      The court may grant one or more of the following forms of relief in its orders under this Chapter:

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(7)        Order other relief deemed necessary and appropriate by the court.court, including assessing attorneys' fees to either party."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2012, and applies to actions filed on or after that date.