GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 1802
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/22/90

Short Title:  Simplify Adoptions.	(Public)
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May 8, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROBATIONARY TIME BETWEEN AN INTERLOCUTORY DECREE AND FINAL ADOPTION ORDER MAY BE THE SAME FOR PRIVATE ADOPTIONS AS THOSE ARRANGED BY SOCIAL SERVICES OR A LICENSED CHILD-PLACING AGENCY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 48-21(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Upon examination of the written report required under G.S. 48-16, the court may, in its discretion, shorten the probationary period between the granting of the interlocutory decree and the final order of adoption by the length of time the child has resided in the home of the petitioners prior to the granting of the interlocutory decree; but no final order shall be entered until the child shall have resided in the home of the petitioners for a period of one year."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and shall apply retroactively to petitions for adoption that are pending on the date of ratification and shall apply to petitions for adoption whether filed before or after that date.