North Carolina § 30-27 - Surviving spouse or child may apply to superior court.

§ 30-27. Surviving spouse or child may apply to superior court.

In addition to any support otherwise assigned to the surviving spouse or child under this Article, without application to the personal representative, the surviving spouse, or the child through the child's guardian or next friend may, after the date specified in the general notice to creditors as provided for in G.S. 28A-14-1(a), and within one year after the decedent's death, apply to the superior court of the county in which administration was granted or the will probated to have a year's support assigned at an amount other than prescribed in G.S. 30-15 and G.S. 30-17 . History (1868-9, c. 93, s. 20; Code, s. 2128; Rev., s. 3104; C.S., s. 4121; 1961, c. 749, s. 11; 2011-344, s. 7; 2012-71, s. 2(e).) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-344, s. 7, effective January 1, 2012, and applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after that date, rewrote the section to the extent that a detailed comparison is impracticable. Session Laws 2012-71, s. 2(e), effective June 26, 2012, added "otherwise," substituted "under this Article" for "as above prescribed," and added "or next friend." Legal Periodicals. - For survey of 1978 property law, see 57 N.C.L. Rev. 1103 (1979).