§ 28A-2-10 - Approval of settlement agreements by the clerk.

NC Gen Stat § 28A-2-10 (2019) (N/A)
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28A-2-10. Approval of settlement agreements by the clerk.

The clerk shall have the authority, in the clerk's discretion, to consider and approve settlement agreements where the following apply:

(1) The controversy arises with respect to a matter over which the clerk has jurisdiction.

(2) The controversy arose in good faith.

Nothing 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.