House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Amends GS 50-20.1, as follows. Corrects internal statutory references to now refer to (d1) instead of nonexistent (d2). Provides that the provision stating that if the court makes the award payable under the specified subdivisions of the statute and the court divides the marital portion of the benefit equally between the participant-spouse and nonparticipant-spouse, the court is not required to determine the total value of the marital benefits for distributing them, notwithstanding the provisions of of GS Chapter 50, not just GS 50-20 and GS 50-21. Makes additional clarifying changes. Makes technical changes.