Exclusive original jurisdiction for the probate of wills and the administration of decedents' estates is vested in the superior court division, and is exercised by the superior courts and by the clerks of superior court as ex officio judges of probate according to the practice and procedure provided by law.
History
(1965, c. 310, s. 1.)
Legal Periodicals. - For article, "Recognition of Foreign Judgments," see 50 N.C.L. Rev. 21 (1971).
For survey of 1976 case law on wills, trusts and estates, see 55 N.C.L. Rev. 1109 (1977).
For article discussing 1983 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure relative to magistrate practice, comparing state court magistrate practice, and making certain suggestions, see 20 Wake Forest L. Rev. 819 (1984).