2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 48 - Adoptions.
§ 48-3-501. Petitioner entitled to custody in direct placement adoptions.
Part 5. Custody of Minors Pending Final Decree of Adoption.
§ 48‑3‑501. Petitioner entitled to custody in direct placement adoptions.
Unless the court orders otherwise, when a parent or guardian places the adoptee directly with the petitioner, the petitioner acquires that parent's or guardian's right to legal and continuing physical custody of the adoptee and becomes a person responsible for the care and support of the adoptee, after the earliest of:
(1) The execution of consent by the parent or guardian who placed the adoptee;
(2) The filing of a petition for adoption by the petitioner; or
(3) The execution of a document by a parent or guardian having legal and physical custody of a minor temporarily transferring custody to the petitioner, pending the execution of a consent. (1949, c. 300; 1995, c. 457, s. 2.)
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