NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 699

HOUSE BILL 775

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 48 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF MINORS TO PROVIDE THAT NO SPECIFIC LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN NORTH CAROLINA SHALL BE REQUIRED IN CASES FOR THE ADOPTION OF STEPCHILDREN.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Subsection (c) of G.S. 48-4 is hereby amended by striking out the period following the word "petition" appearing in the last line of said subsection, and by adding the punctuation and words "unless the petition is for the adoption of a stepchild as provided in subsection (b). In cases where the petition is for the adoption of a stepchild, the petitioner must be in fact residing in North Carolina, or on a Federal territory within the boundaries of North Carolina, at the time the petition is filed."

Sec. 2.  The provisions of this Act shall not apply to pending litigation.

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of June 1963