2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 48-2-100. Jurisdiction.

Article 2.

General Adoption Procedure.

Part 1.  Jurisdiction and Venue.

§ 48‑2‑100.  Jurisdiction.

(a)       Adoption shall be by a special proceeding before the clerk of superior court.

(b)       Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, jurisdiction over adoption proceedings commenced under this Chapter exists if, at the commencement of the proceeding:

(1)       The adoptee has lived in this State for at least the six consecutive months immediately preceding the filing of the petition or from birth, and the prospective adoptive parent is domiciled in this State; or

(2)       The prospective adoptive parent has lived in or been domiciled in this State for at least the six consecutive months immediately preceding the filing of the petition.

(c)       The courts of this State shall not exercise jurisdiction under this Chapter if at the time the petition for adoption is filed, a court of any other state is exercising jurisdiction substantially in conformity with the Uniform Child‑Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Article 2 of Chapter 50A of the General Statutes. (1949, c. 300; 1963, c. 699; 1967, c. 619, ss. 1‑3; c. 693; c. 880, s. 3; 1969, c. 21, ss. 3‑6; 1971, c. 233, s. 1; c. 395; c. 1231, s. 1; 1973, c. 849, s. 3; c. 1354, ss. 1‑4; 1975, c. 91; 1979, c. 107, s. 6; 1981, c. 657; 1983, c. 454, s. 6; 1989, c. 208; c. 727, s. 219(4); 1993, c. 553, s. 14; 1995, c. 88, ss. 3, 4; c. 457, s. 2; 1999‑223, s. 8.)