7A-450.1. Responsibility for payment by certain fiduciaries.
It is the intent of the General Assembly that, whenever possible, if an attorney or guardian ad litem is appointed pursuant to G.S. 7A-451 for a person who is less than 18 years old or who is at least 18 years old but remains dependent on and domiciled with a parent or guardian, the parent, guardian, or any trustee in possession of funds or property for the benefit of the person, shall reimburse the State for the attorney or guardian ad litem fees, pursuant to the procedures established in G.S. 7A-450.2 and G.S. 7A-450.3. This section shall not apply in any case in which the person for whom an attorney or guardian ad litem is appointed prevails. (1983, c. 726, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1030, s. 2.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 7A - Judicial Department
Article 36 - Entitlement of Indigent Persons Generally.
§ 7A-450 - Indigency; definition; entitlement; determination; change of status.
§ 7A-450.1 - Responsibility for payment by certain fiduciaries.
§ 7A-450.2 - Determination of fiduciaries at indigency determination; summons; service of process.
§ 7A-450.3 - Determination of responsibility at hearing.
§ 7A-451 - (Effective until January 1, 2023) Scope of entitlement.
§ 7A-451.1 - Counsel fees for outpatient involuntary commitment proceedings.
§ 7A-452 - Source of counsel; fees; appellate records.
§ 7A-453 - Duty of custodian of a possibly indigent person; determination of indigency.
§ 7A-454 - Supporting services.
§ 7A-455 - Partial indigency; liens; acquittals.
§ 7A-455.1 - Appointment fee in criminal cases.
§ 7A-456 - False statements; penalty.