This Article establishes the exclusive procedure for adjudicating a person to be an incompetent adult or an incompetent child. However, nothing in this Article shall interfere with the authority of a judge to appoint a guardian ad litem for a party to litigation under Rule 17(b) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 35A-1102
Scope of law; exclusive procedure
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 202 N.C. App. 509 - McKoy v. McKoy (2010)
Most recently applied in 249 N.C. App. 610 - In re: Lyle Dippell (September 2016)
1987, c. 550, s. 1; 2003-236, s. 4.
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