2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 48-2-205. Recognition of adoption decrees from other jurisdictions.
§ 48‑2‑205. Recognition of adoption decrees from other jurisdictions.
A final adoption decree issued by any other state must be recognized in this State. Where a child has been previously adopted in a foreign country by petitioners seeking to readopt the child under the laws of North Carolina, the adoption order entered in the foreign country may be accepted in lieu of the consent of the biological parent or parents or the guardian of the child to the readoption. (1975, c. 262; 1983, c. 454, s. 6; 1995, c. 457, s. 2.)
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