§ 50-41. Purpose; short title. - North Carolina Statutes

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Family Law ArbitrationAct.

§ 50‑41.  Purpose; shorttitle.

(a)        It is the policy ofthis State to allow, by agreement of all parties, the arbitration of all issuesarising from a marital separation or divorce, except for the divorce itself,while preserving a right of modification based on substantial change ofcircumstances related to alimony, child custody, and child support. Pursuant tothis policy, the purpose of this Article is to provide for arbitration as anefficient and speedy means of resolving these disputes, consistent withChapters 50, 50A, 50B, 51, 52, 52B, and 52C of the General Statutes and similarlegislation, to provide default rules for the conduct of arbitrationproceedings, and to assure access to the courts of this State for proceedingsancillary to this arbitration.

(b)        This Article may becited as the North Carolina Family Law Arbitration Act. (1999‑185,s. 1.)