GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	3 

SENATE BILL 422
Second Edition Engrossed 5/11/89
House Committee Substitute Favorable 7/3/90

Short Title:  Paternity Case Burden of Proof.	(Public)
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March 14, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE BURDEN OF PROOF IN CIVIL PATERNITY ACTIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 49-14(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Proof of paternity pursuant to this section shall be by clear, cogent and convincing evidence."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1990, and applies to cases arising on or after that date.