North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 48 - Adoptions
Article 3 - Adoption of Minors.

§ 48-3-100 - Application of Article. - 48-3-100. Application of Article. This Article shall apply to the...

§ 48-3-201 - Who may place minors for adoption. - 48-3-201. Who may place minors for adoption. (a) Only the...

§ 48-3-202 - Direct placement for adoption. - 48-3-202. Direct placement for adoption. (a) In a direct placement,...

§ 48-3-203 - Agency placement adoption. - 48-3-203. Agency placement adoption. (a) An agency may acquire legal...

§ 48-3-204 - Recruitment of adoptive parents. - 48-3-204. Recruitment of adoptive parents. (a) The Social Services Commission...

§ 48-3-205 - Disclosure of background information. - 48-3-205. Disclosure of background information. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision...

§ 48-3-206 - Affidavit of parentage. - 48-3-206. Affidavit of parentage. (a) To assist the court in...

§ 48-3-207 - Interstate placements. - 48-3-207. Interstate placements. An interstate placement of a minor for...

§ 48-3-301 - Preplacement assessment required. - 48-3-301. Preplacement assessment required. (a) Except as provided in subsection...

§ 48-3-302 - Request for preplacement assessment. - 48-3-302. Request for preplacement assessment. (a) An individual seeking to...

§ 48-3-303 - Content and timing of preplacement assessment. - 48-3-303. Content and timing of preplacement assessment. (a) A preplacement...

§ 48-3-304 - Fees for preplacement assessment. - 48-3-304. Fees for preplacement assessment. (a) An agency that prepares...

§ 48-3-305 - Agency disposition of preplacement assessments. - 48-3-305. Agency disposition of preplacement assessments. (a) The agency shall...

§ 48-3-306 - Favorable preplacement assessments. - 48-3-306. Favorable preplacement assessments. An individual who receives a preplacement...

§ 48-3-307 - Assessments completed after placement. - 48-3-307. Assessments completed after placement. (a) If a placement occurs...

§ 48-3-308 - Response to unfavorable preplacement assessment. - 48-3-308. Response to unfavorable preplacement assessment. (a) Each agency shall...

§ 48-3-309 - Mandatory preplacement criminal checks of prospective adoptive parents seeking to adopt a minor who is in the custody or placement responsibility of a county department of social services and mandatory preplacement criminal checks of all... - 48-3-309. Mandatory preplacement criminal checks of prospective adoptive parents seeking...

§ 48-3-401 - "Health care facility" and "attending practitioner" defined. - 48-3-401. "Health care facility" and "attending practitioner" defined. As used...

§ 48-3-402 - Authorization required to transfer physical custody. - 48-3-402. Authorization required to transfer physical custody. (a) A health...

§ 48-3-501 - Petitioner entitled to custody in direct placement adoptions. - 48-3-501. Petitioner entitled to custody in direct placement adoptions. Unless...

§ 48-3-502 - Agency entitled to custody in placement by agency. - 48-3-502. Agency entitled to custody in placement by agency. (a)...

§ 48-3-601 - Persons whose consent to adoption is required. - 48-3-601. Persons whose consent to adoption is required. Unless consent...

§ 48-3-602 - Consent of incompetent parents. - 48-3-602. Consent of incompetent parents. If a parent as described...

§ 48-3-603 - Persons whose consent is not required. - 48-3-603. Persons whose consent is not required. (a) Consent to...

§ 48-3-604 - Execution of consenttiming. - 48-3-604. Execution of consent: timing. (a) A man whose consent...

§ 48-3-605 - Execution of consentprocedures. - 48-3-605. Execution of consent: procedures. (a) A consent executed by...

§ 48-3-606 - Content of consent; mandatory provisions. - 48-3-606. Content of consent; mandatory provisions. A consent required from...

§ 48-3-607 - Consequences of consent. - 48-3-607. Consequences of consent. (a) A consent executed pursuant to...

§ 48-3-608 - Revocation of consent. - 48-3-608. Revocation of consent. (a) A consent to the adoption...

§ 48-3-609 - Challenges to validity of consent. - 48-3-609. Challenges to validity of consent. (a) A consent shall...

§ 48-3-610 - Collateral agreements. - 48-3-610. Collateral agreements. If a person executing a consent and...

§ 48-3-701 - Individuals who may relinquish minor; timing. - 48-3-701. Individuals who may relinquish minor; timing. (a) A parent...

§ 48-3-702 - Procedures for relinquishment. - 48-3-702. Procedures for relinquishment. (a) A relinquishment executed by a...

§ 48-3-703 - Content of relinquishment; mandatory provisions. - 48-3-703. Content of relinquishment; mandatory provisions. (a) A relinquishment executed...

§ 48-3-704 - Content of relinquishment; optional provisions. - 48-3-704. Content of relinquishment; optional provisions. In addition to the...

§ 48-3-705 - Consequences of relinquishment. - 48-3-705. Consequences of relinquishment. (a) A relinquishment executed pursuant to...

§ 48-3-706 - Revocation of relinquishments. - 48-3-706. Revocation of relinquishments. (a) A relinquishment of any infant...

§ 48-3-707 - Challenges to validity of relinquishments. - 48-3-707. Challenges to validity of relinquishments. (a) A relinquishment shall...