28B-4. Order of appointment.
(a) If after the hearing, the court is satisfied that said person is, in fact, an absentee in military service as defined in G.S. 28B-1 and that it is necessary that a receiver be appointed, he shall appoint a receiver of the estate and property of said absentee in military service under the supervision and subject to the further orders of the court.
(b) In the appointment of a receiver, the court shall give due consideration to the appointment of the spouse or one of the next of kin of the absentee in military service if such spouse or next of kin is a fit and proper person and is qualified to act. (1973, c. 522, s. 4.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 28B - Estates of Absentees in Military Service
§ 28B-1 - Absentee in military service; definition.
§ 28B-2 - Action for receiver; jurisdiction; contents of complaint.
§ 28B-3 - Notice; hearing; guardian ad litem.
§ 28B-4 - Order of appointment.
§ 28B-5 - Bond; inventory; accounting.
§ 28B-6 - Powers and duties of receiver.
§ 28B-7 - Resignation and removal.
§ 28B-8 - Termination of receivership.
§ 28B-9 - Specific property valued at less than $5,000; summary procedure.
§ 28B-10 - Specific property valued at more than $5,000; summary procedure.