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Home » US Law » 2022 North Carolina General Statutes » Chapter 35A - Incompetency and Guardianship » Article 16 - Surplus Income and Advancements.

§ 35A-1321 – Advancement of surplus income to certain relatives.

35A-1321. Advancement of surplus income to certain relatives. When any incompetent person, of full age, and not having made a valid will, has children or grandchildren (such grandchildren being the issue of a deceased child), and is possessed of an estate, real or personal, whose annual income is more than sufficient abundantly and amply to […]

§ 35A-1322 – Advancement to adult child or grandchild.

35A-1322. Advancement to adult child or grandchild. When such incompetent person is possessed of a real or personal estate in excess of an amount more than sufficient to abundantly and amply support himself with all the necessaries and suitable comforts of life and has no minor children nor immediate family dependent upon him for support, […]

§ 35A-1323 – For what purpose and to whom advanced.

35A-1323. For what purpose and to whom advanced. Such advancements shall be ordered only for the better promotion in life of such as are of age, or married, and for the maintenance, support and education of such as are under the age of 21 years and unmarried; and in all cases the sums ordered shall […]

§ 35A-1324 – Distributees to be parties to proceeding for advancements.

35A-1324. Distributees to be parties to proceeding for advancements. In every application for such advancements, the guardian of the incompetent person and all such other persons shall be parties as would at that time be entitled to a distributive share of his estate if he were then dead. (R.C., c. 57, s. 11; Code, s. […]

§ 35A-1325 – Advancements to be equal; accounted for on death.

35A-1325. Advancements to be equal; accounted for on death. The clerk, in ordering such advancements, shall, as far as practicable, so order the same as that, on the death of the incompetent person, his estate shall be distributed among his distributees in the same equal manner as if the advancements had been made by the […]

§ 35A-1326 – Advancements to those most in need.

35A-1326. Advancements to those most in need. When the surplus aforesaid or advancement from the principal estate is not sufficient to make distribution among all the parties, the clerk may select and decree advancement to such of them as may most need the same, and may apportion the sum decreed in such amounts as are […]

§ 35A-1327 – Advancements to be secured against waste.

35A-1327. Advancements to be secured against waste. It is the duty of the clerk to withhold advancements from such persons as will probably waste them, or so to secure the same, when they may have families, that it may be applied to their support and comfort; but any sum so advanced shall be regarded as […]

§ 35A-1328 – Appeal; removal to superior court.

35A-1328. Appeal; removal to superior court. Any person made a party may appeal from any order of the clerk; or may, when the pleadings are finished, require that all further proceedings shall be had in the superior court. (R.C., c. 57, s. 15; Code, s. 1683; Rev., s. 1906; C.S., s. 2302; 1987, c. 550, […]

§ 35A-1329 – Advancements only when incompetence permanent.

35A-1329. Advancements only when incompetence permanent. No such application shall be allowed under this Article but in cases of such permanent and continued incompetence as that the incompetent person shall be judged by the clerk to be incapable, notwithstanding any lucid intervals, to make advancements with prudence and discretion. (R.C., c. 57, s. 16; Code, […]

§ 35A-1330 – Orders suspended upon restoration of competence.

35A-1330. Orders suspended upon restoration of competence. Upon such incompetent person’s being restored to competence, every order made for advancements shall cease to be further executed, and his estate shall be discharged of the same. (R.C., c. 57, s. 17; Code, s. 1685; Rev., s. 1908; C.S., s. 2304; 1987, c. 550, ss. 3, 3.2.)