§ 28A-19-10. Perpetual care of cemetery lot. - North Carolina Statutes

§28A‑19‑10.  Perpetual care of cemetery lot.

It shall be lawful for apersonal representative to provide for perpetual care for the lot upon which islocated the grave of the  testator or intestate, and the cost thereof shall bepaid and credited as such in final accounts: Provided, that the provisions ofthis section shall be applicable to an interment made in a cemetery authorizedby law to operate as a perpetual‑care cemetery or association, and thecost thereof shall be in the sound discretion of the personal representativehaving due regard to the value of the estate and to the interest of thesurviving spouse and the heirs and devisees of the estate. Provided, where thepersonal representative desires to spend more than two hundred fifty dollars($250.00) for such purpose, and the will does not grant specific authority tothe personal representative for such expenditure in excess of two hundred fiftydollars ($250.00), he shall file his petition before the clerk of the superiorcourt and such order as will be made by the court shall specify the amount tobe expended for such purpose. (1945, c. 756; 1973, c. 1329,s. 3.)