GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
S.L. 1997-113
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 7A-517(13) reads as rewritten:
"(13) Dependent Juvenile. - A juvenile in
need of assistance or placement because he the juvenile has no
parent, guardian, or custodian responsible for the juvenile's care or
supervision or whose parent, guardian, or custodian, due to physical or
mental incapacity and the absence of an appropriate alternative child care
arrangement, custodian is unable to provide for the care or supervision.
supervision and lacks an appropriate alternative child care arrangement."
Section 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 1997, and applies to adjudications of dependency made on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of May, 1997.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 4:32 p.m. this 29th day of May, 1997