{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-32-61","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 32-61","heading":"Counsel fees allowable to attorneys serving as fiduciaries.","body":"The clerk of superior court may exercise discretion to allow counsel fees to an attorney serving as a fiduciary or trustee (in addition to the compensation allowed to the attorney as a fiduciary or trustee) where the attorney, on behalf of the trust or fiduciary relationship, renders professional services as an attorney that are different from the services normally performed by a fiduciary or trustee and of a type which would reasonably justify the retention of legal counsel by a fiduciary or trustee who is not licensed to practice law. (2004-139, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 32. Fiduciaries.","Article 6. Compensation of Trustees and Other Fiduciaries."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_32/GS_32-61.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:00:12Z","sha256":"60e5e4911edf50b207eed195ac0f221870148df1c7e39382899c3ea629baa5f4","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-32-60","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-32-62"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}