NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 83
HOUSE BILL 225

AN ACT TO REQUIRE A CERTIFIED COPY OF A CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH BE ATTACHED TO THE PETITION IN A LEGITIMATION PROCEEDING AND BE ATTACHED TO THE COMPLAINT IN AN ACTION TO ESTABLISH PATERNITY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 49-10 is hereby amended by adding a new sentence thereto, between the present second and third sentences, to read as follows:
"A certified copy of a certificate of birth of the child shall be attached to the petition."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 49-14(a) is hereby amended by adding a new sentence thereto, between the present first and second sentences, to read as follows:
"A certified copy of a certificate of birth of the child shall be attached to the complaint."
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1977.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of March, 1977.