Patrick v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.

The questions involved: (1) "Whether or not the clerk of the Superior Court, with the approval of the judge, resident or presiding, has the power to direct and order a guardian to purchase a home in the name of the ward and for the sole use of a dependent of said ward, under the provisions of section 2202 (13), of the North Carolina Code of 1935 (Michie). We think so. (2) Whether or not the clerk of the Superior Court, with the approval of the judge, has the power to order a guardian to make fit and proper advancements out of the surplus of the ward’s estate or income to a dependent sister,…