North Carolina General Statutes 28A-2-10. Approval of settlement agreements by the clerk
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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.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 28A-2-10
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(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. (2011-344, s. 4.)