GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 208
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 48-36(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d) Except in the case of
a change of name in accordance with subsection (e) of this section, at the time
of or subsequent to the entry of the order of adoption, the clerk may for
proper cause shown and upon written application of the adoptive parents and the
person adopted, issue an order changing the name of the person adopted from his
true name to the name applied for. The order shall contain the true name, the
county of birth, and the date of birth, birth of each adoptive
parent; the full name of the person to be adopted, his true name,
the county of birth, his and the date of birth, birth
of the person adopted; the full name of his parents each
parent as shown on his the birth certificate, certificate
of the person adopted; and the name sought to be adopted. The clerk shall
issue to the person adopted a certificate under his hand and seal of office,
stating the change made in the name, and shall record the applications and
order on the docket of special proceedings in his court. He shall forward a
copy of the change of name order to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics if
the person adopted was born in North Carolina. Upon receipt of the order, the
State Registrar shall note the change of name specified in the order on the
birth certificate of the person adopted, and shall notify the register of deeds
of the county of birth of the person adopted."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of June, 1989.