51-2.2. Parent includes adoptive parent.
As used in this Article, the terms "parent", "father", or "mother" includes one who has become a parent, father, or mother, respectively, by adoption. (2001-62, s. 4.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 1 - General Provisions.
§ 51-1 - Requisites of marriage; solemnization.
§ 51-1.1 - Certain marriages performed by ministers of Universal Life Church validated.
§ 51-1.2 - (See Editor's note) Marriages between persons of the same gender not valid.
§ 51-2.1 - Marriage of certain underage parties.
§ 51-2.2 - Parent includes adoptive parent.
§ 51-3 - Want of capacity; void and voidable marriages.
§ 51-3.1 - Interracial marriages validated.
§ 51-3.2 - Marriage licensed and solemnized by a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe.
§ 51-4 - Prohibited degrees of kinship.