GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 201

HOUSE BILL 427

 

AN ACT TO EXTEND PARENTAL LIABILITY IN MOTOR VEHICLE CASES TO ADULT CHILDREN.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 1-539.21 is rewritten to read:

"§ 1-539.21.  Abolition of parent-child immunity in motor vehicle cases. - The relationship of parent and child shall not bar the right of action by a person or his estate against his parent for wrongful death, personal injury, or property damage arising out of operation of a motor vehicle owned or operated by the parent."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1985.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of May, 1985.