GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 574 
SENATE BILL 433 

AN ACT TO ADD ADULTERY AS A GROUND FOR DIVORCE FROM BED AND BOARD. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 50-7 is amended by inserting the words "if either party" between the word "cases" and the colon on the second line, and by rewriting subdivision (1) to read: 
"(1) Abandons his or her family." 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 50-7 is further amended by adding a new subdivision to the end to read: 
"(6)	Commits adultery." 
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1985. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of July, 1985.