§ 30-15. When spouse entitled to allowance. - North Carolina Statutes

Article 4.

Year's Allowance.

Part 1. Nature of Allowance.

§ 30‑15.  When spouseentitled to allowance.

Every surviving spouse of anintestate or of a testator, whether or not he or she has petitioned for anelective share, shall, unless the surviving spouse has forfeited his or herright thereto, as provided by law, be entitled, out of the personal property ofthe deceased spouse, to an allowance of the value of twenty thousand dollars($20,000) for the surviving spouse's support for one year after the death ofthe deceased spouse. Such allowance shall be exempt from any lien, by judgmentor execution, acquired against the property of the deceased spouse, and shall,in cases of testacy, be charged against the share of the surviving spouse.  (1868‑9, c. 93, s. 81;1871‑2, c. 193, s. 44; 1880, c. 42; Code, s. 2116; 1889, c. 499, s. 2;Rev., s. 3091; C.S., s. 4108; 1953, c. 913, s. 1; 1961, c. 316, s. 1; c. 749,s. 1; 1969, c. 14; 1981, c. 413, s. 1; 1995, c. 262, s. 4; 2000‑178, s.4; 2009‑183, s. 1.)