2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 48 - Adoptions.
§ 48-4-102. Consent to adoption of stepchild.
§ 48‑4‑102. Consent to adoption of stepchild.
Except under circumstances described in G.S. 48‑3‑603, a petition to adopt a minor stepchild may be granted only if consent to the adoption has been executed by the adoptee if 12 or more years of age; and
(1) The adoptee's parents as described in G.S. 48‑3‑601; and
(2) Any guardian of the adoptee.
The consent of an incompetent parent may be given pursuant to the procedures in G.S. 48‑3‑602. (1949, c. 300; 1957, c. 778, s. 5; 1969, c. 911, s. 6; 1971, c. 1093, s. 13; 1973, c. 1354, s. 5; 1983, c. 30; c. 454, ss. 2, 6; 1995, c. 457, s. 2; 1997‑215, s. 11(c).)
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