NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 657

SENATE BILL 565

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW PERTAINING TO ADOPTION OF ADULTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 48-36(a), as the same appears in Volume 2A of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by deleting from the second sentence thereof the words "and the person to be adopted", and, further, by deleting from the third sentence thereof the words "must be filed in the county where the person to be adopted resides" and substituting in lieu thereof the words "shall be filed with the clerk of superior court of the county in which the petitioners reside".

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of June, 1981.