An action is commenced by the filing of a petition in the clerk's office when that office is open or by the acceptance of a juvenile petition by a magistrate when the clerk's office is closed, which shall constitute filing.
History
(1979, c. 815, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 6; 1999-456, s. 60; 2017-161, s. 3.)
Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2017-161, s. 3, effective October 1, 2017, substituted "acceptance" for "issuance" near the middle of the sentence and deleted "issuance" preceding "shall constitute filing" at the end.
Legal Periodicals. - For survey of 1979 family law, see 58 N.C.L. Rev. 1471 (1980).