Mahan v. Read

A statute known as the Uniform Eeciprocal Enforcement of Support Act was approved in September, 1950, by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. This statute, referred to hereafter as the 1950 Uniform Act, was enacted, with some variations from state to state, by the legislatures of many states, including Arkansas (Acts of Arkansas, 1951, Act. 68, pp. 140 et seq.) and North Carolina (1951 Session Laws of North Carolina, ch. 317, pp. 256 et seq.).

Variations in the North Carolina Act include the following :(1) The 1950 Uniform Act divides the statute into three parts,…