By Mary Gallimore Walker, Andrea Davis, Natasha Branch, Malia Williams, Amy Zeko and Nancy Ferguson Purpose of Return to the Vault Return to the Vault (“RTTV”) exists to provide practical, timely education and connection for Real Property Section members. It’s inspired by the collaborative learning that once happened in the “vault” at Register of Deeds […]
By Andrew Brower Background North Carolina has rather archaic laws regarding paternity and legitimization. In estate and probate matters, these issues arise when a father dies without a will (i.e., intestate) and leaves behind children born out of wedlock, where the father did not subsequently marry the mother or otherwise legitimate the child through the […]
By Peter Moeller Thank you for entrusting me to serve as Chair of the NCBA Real Property Section Council for the 2025-2026 year. I am Peter Moeller, and I practice at Moeller & Smith, PA in my hometown of New Bern. I am a graduate of NC State University (undergraduate) and the University of Miami […]
By Malia Williams Home is a simple yet altogether complicated topic for many. Home may be where we were born and raised. It also may be discovered, unexpectedly, in a place we visited – one that, while we may have left it, never truly left us. Sometimes, it may even be found in the eyes […]
By Malia Williams Home is a simple yet altogether complicated topic for many. Home may be where we were born and raised. It also may be discovered, unexpectedly, in a place we visited – one that, while we may have left it, never truly left us. Sometimes, it may even be found in the eyes […]
By David Martin It is my honor to serve as Chair of the NCBA Real Property Section Council for the 2024-2025 year. My name is David Martin, and I am an attorney with Murchison, Taylor & Gibson, PLLC in Wilmington. Prior to moving to my hometown of Wilmington in 2004 with my family, I practiced […]
By Nancy Ferguson The below information was provided by David Unwin, Revisor of Statutes, to alert attorneys to this limitation in the most recent update by LexisNexis. Some legislation enacted late in the session is not yet incorporated into LexisNexis, including the important S.L. 2023-134 2023 Budget Bill which includes the NC State Bar Grievance […]
By Barrett McFatter I am pleased to announce the launch of the Heir Property Pro Bono Project. Many legal services organizations encounter clients with heir property issues as these issues most often impact those who cannot afford an attorney to help. Heir property is an area where legal services providers may not have deep expertise. […]
By Elizabeth Harrison Those who practice in Wake, Johnston, Harnett and Lee counties have already begun to experience what it is like to perform a search in the Odyssey Portal system. It is sad to report that the AOC legacy system VCAP has more robust searching logic than the new Odyssey system. AOC is aware […]
By Christina Freeman Pearsall Dear Real Property Section: We had a wonderful time in Asheville at our Real Property Section Annual Meeting and CLE! It was our first in-person meeting in two years! If you weren’t able to join us – we missed you! Please plan to attend next year. As we always do, we […]