28A-2-7. Representation of parties.
(a) Notwithstanding any other applicable rule of the Rules of Civil Procedure or provision of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes, in any contested or uncontested estate proceeding or special proceeding, whether brought before the clerk of superior court or in the Superior Court Division of the General Court of Justice, the parties shall be represented as provided in Article 3 of Chapter 36C of the General Statutes.
(b) In the case of any party represented by another as provided in subsection (a) of this section, service of process shall be made by serving such representative. (2011-344, s. 4.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 28A - Administration of Decedents' Estates
Article 2 - Jurisdiction for Probate of Wills and Administration of Estates of Decedents.
§ 28A-2-1 - Clerk of superior court.
§ 28A-2-2 - Assistant clerk of superior court.
§ 28A-2-3 - Jurisdiction where clerk interested.
§ 28A-2-4 - Subject matter jurisdiction of the clerk of superior court in estate proceedings.
§ 28A-2-5 - Subject matter jurisdiction of the clerk of superior court in special proceedings.
§ 28A-2-6 - Commencement of estate proceedings, pleadings, consolidation, and joinder.
§ 28A-2-7 - Representation of parties.
§ 28A-2-9 - Appeals of estate proceedings and special proceedings.
§ 28A-2-10 - Approval of settlement agreements by the clerk.