NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1088

HOUSE BILL 710

 

 

AN ACT TO CREATE A CENTRAL REGISTRY WHEREIN NATURAL FATHERS MAY RECORD THEIR INTEREST IN THEIR CHILDREN.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 48-6(a)(3)a., as the same appears in the Supplement to Volume 2A of the General Statutes, is hereby amended on line 2 thereof by inserting between the word "affidavit" and the semicolon two new clauses, to read as follows:

"which has been filed in a central registry maintained by the Department of Human Resources; provided, the court shall inquire of the Department of Human Resources as to whether such an affidavit has been so filed and shall incorporate into the case record the Department's certified reply".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 7A-289.32(6)a., as the same appears in the 1977 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1B of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by inserting between the word "affidavit" and the semicolon a new clause, to read as follows:

"which has been filed in a central registry maintained by the Department of Human Resources; provided, the court shall inquire of the Department of Human Resources as to whether such an affidavit has been so filed and shall incorporate into the case record the Department's certified reply".

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective 90 days after ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1980.