2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 30-27. Surviving spouse or child may apply to superior court.

Part 3.  Assigned in Superior Court.

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

It shall not, however, be obligatory on a surviving spouse or child to have the support assigned as above prescribed. Without application to the personal representative, the surviving spouse, or the child through his guardian or next friend, may at any time 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. (1868‑9, c. 93, s. 20; Code, s. 2128;  Rev., s. 3104; C.S., s. 4121; 1961, c. 749, s. 11.)