§ 52-10.1 – Separation agreements.
52-10.1. Separation agreements. Any married couple is hereby authorized to execute a separation agreement not inconsistent with public policy which shall be legal, valid, and binding in all respects; provided, that the separation agreement must be in writing and acknowledged by both parties before a certifying officer as defined in G.S. 52-10(b). Such certifying officer […]
§ 52-10.2 – Resumption of marital relations defined.
52-10.2. Resumption of marital relations defined. "Resumption of marital relations" shall be defined as voluntary renewal of the husband and wife relationship, as shown by the totality of the circumstances. Isolated incidents of sexual intercourse between the parties shall not constitute resumption of marital relations. (1987, c. 664, s. 1.)
§ 52-11 – Antenuptial contracts and torts.
52-11. Antenuptial contracts and torts. The liability of a married person for any debts owing, or contracts made or damages incurred before marriage shall not be impaired or altered by such marriage. No person shall by marriage incur any liability for any debts owing, or contracts made, or for wrongs done by his or her […]
§ 52-12 – Postnuptial crimes and torts.
52-12. Postnuptial crimes and torts. No married person shall be liable for damages accruing from any tort committed by his or her spouse, or for any costs or fines incurred in any criminal proceeding against such spouse. (1871-2, c. 193, s. 25; Code, s. 1833; Rev., s. 2105; C.S., s. 2518; 1921, c. 102; 1965, […]
§ 52-13 – Procedures in causes of action for alienation of affection and criminal conversation.
52-13. Procedures in causes of action for alienation of affection and criminal conversation. (a) No act of the defendant shall give rise to a cause of action for alienation of affection or criminal conversation that occurs after the plaintiff and the plaintiff’s spouse physically separate with the intent of either the plaintiff or plaintiff’s spouse […]
§ 52-7 – Validation of certificates of notaries public as to contracts or conveyances between husband and wife.
52-7. Validation of certificates of notaries public as to contracts or conveyances between husband and wife. Any contract between husband and wife coming within the provisions of G.S. 52-6, executed prior to the first day of January, 1955, acknowledged before a notary public and containing a certificate of the notary public of his conclusions and […]
§ 52-8 – Validation of contracts failing to comply with provisions of former § 52-6.
52-8. Validation of contracts failing to comply with provisions of former 52-6. Any contract between husband and wife coming within the provisions of G.S. 52-6 executed between January 1, 1930, and January 1, 1978, which does not comply with the requirement of a private examination of the wife or with the requirements that there be […]
§ 52-9 – Effect of absolute divorce decree on certificate failing to comply with § 52-6.
52-9. Effect of absolute divorce decree on certificate failing to comply with 52-6. Whenever it appears that, since the execution of a contract between a husband and wife in which the certificate of acknowledgment thereof fails to comply with the requirements of G.S. 52-6, a valid decree of absolute divorce between said husband and wife […]
§ 52-10 – Contracts between husband and wife generally; releases.
52-10. Contracts between husband and wife generally; releases. (a) Contracts between husband and wife not inconsistent with public policy are valid, and any persons of full age about to be married and married persons may, with or without a valuable consideration, release and quitclaim such rights which they might respectively acquire or may have acquired […]
§ 52-1 – Property of married persons secured.
52-1. Property of married persons secured. The real and personal property of any married person in this State, acquired before marriage or to which he or she may after marriage become in any manner entitled, shall be and remain the sole and separate estate and property of such married person and may be devised and […]