{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-28a-2-10","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-2-10","heading":"Approval of settlement agreements by the clerk.","body":"The clerk shall have the authority, in the clerk's discretion, to consider and approve settlement agreements where the following apply:\n(1)\tThe controversy arises with respect to a matter over which the clerk has jurisdiction.\n(2)\tThe controversy arose in good faith.\nNothing 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.)","path":["Chapter 28A. Administration of Decedents' Estates.","Article 2. Jurisdiction for Probate of Wills and Administration of Estates of Decedents."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_28A/GS_28A-2-10.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:59:22Z","sha256":"457cecd0820d95b9cc4cd19ebfe42c913706676c9dc3d5c9cb3b424129ef295c","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-28a-2-9","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-28a-2a-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}