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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-2-10: Approval of settlement agreements by the clerk.
Where this section sits in the code
- Chapter 28A. Administration of Decedents' Estates.
- Article 2. Jurisdiction for Probate of Wills and Administration of Estates of Decedents.
The clerk shall have the authority, in the clerk's discretion, to consider and approve settlement agreements where the following apply:
(1) The controversy arises with respect to a matter over which the clerk has jurisdiction.
(2) The controversy arose in good faith.
Nothing herein shall be construed as giving a clerk the authority to approve a settlement agreement modifying the terms of a last will and testament or resolving a caveat of a last will and testament. (2011-344, s. 4.)
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