NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 631
HOUSE BILL 121

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 110-29 OF ARTICLE 2 OF CHAPTER 110 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO JUVENILE COURTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 110-29 of Article 2 of Chapter 110 of the General Statutes entitled, "Hearing; disposition of child", is hereby amended by rewriting subdivision (3) of said Section as follows:
"(3)	Commit the child to the custody of the county department of public welfare of the county wherein said child has legal residence to be placed by said department in a suitable home as designated in subdivision(4) of this Section. The county department of public welfare to which custody is awarded shall be responsible for the general oversight and supervision of the child and shall pay the cost of care for said child. The Juvenile Court taking jurisdiction shall have the authority to determine the legal residence of the child and to award custody of said child to the county welfare department of the county which has been determined by the court to be the legal residence of the child. Provided, however, that if it should appear to the Judge of the Juvenile Court exercising jurisdiction over said child that the child might be a legal resident of some county other than the county in which said court is sitting, that the Judge of said court shall not enter any final order pertaining to the custody of said child until at least ten days' notice shall have been given to the county welfare department of any county which shall appear to be the county of legal residence of said child. The county welfare department thus given ten days' notice shall have an opportunity to appear and show cause, if any it has, why the legal residence of said child should not be found to be in its county; or".
Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of May, 1963.