NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 735

SENATE BILL 574

 

 

AN ACT CONCERNING THE VISITATION RIGHTS OF GRANDPARENTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. The caption to G.S. 50-13.2 is rewritten to read:

"§ 50-13.2. Who entitled to custody, terms of custody, visitation rights of grandparents; taking child out of State."

Sec. 2. G.S. 50-13.2 is amended by adding a new subsection (b1) to read:

"(b1) An order for custody of a minor child may provide visitation rights for any grandparent of the child as the court, in its discretion, deems appropriate."

Sec. 3. G.S. 50-13.5(j) is rewritten to read:

"(j)       Custody and Visitation Rights of Grandparents. In any action in which the custody of a minor child has been determined, upon a motion in the cause and a showing of changed circumstances pursuant to G.S. 50-13.7, the grandparents of the child are entitled to such custody or visitation rights as the court, in its discretion, deems appropriate."

Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of June, 1981.