GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 292

HOUSE BILL 653

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY A PUTATIVE FATHER'S RIGHT TO NOTICE OF AN ADOPTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 48-6(a)(3) is amended by adding a new final sentence to that subdivision, to read:

"Determination under G.S. 48-6(a)(3) that the adoption may proceed without the putative father's consent shall be made only after notice to him pursuant to G.S. 1A-1, Rule 4. This notice shall be titled in the biological name of the child."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of May, 1983.