GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 89
SENATE BILL 31
AN ACT TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATUTE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 7A-289.23 is hereby amended by adding a new final sentence to read as follows:
"Provided further, that the Clerk of Superior Court shall have jurisdiction for adoptions under the provisions of G.S. 48-12 and Chapter 48 generally."
Sec. 2. G.S. 7A-289.32(3) is hereby amended by deleting the words "for neglect," as they appear on the fourth line of that subdivision.
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of March, 1983.