NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 371

HOUSE BILL 774

AN ACT TO PERMIT CONSENT JUDGMENTS IN JUVENILE CASES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. A new section is added to Article 51 of Chapter 7A of the General Statutes to read:

"§ 7A-641. Consent judgment in abuse, neglect or dependency proceedings. - Nothing in this Article precludes the judge from entering a consent order or judgment on a petition for abuse, neglect or dependency when all parties are present, the juvenile is represented by counsel and all other parties are either represented by counsel or have waived counsel, and sufficient findings of fact are made by the judge."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective October 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of May, 1981.