GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 208
SENATE BILL 529

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE LAW CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER CHANGING THE NAME OF AN ADOPTED PERSON WHO IS EIGHTEEN OR MORE YEARS OF AGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 48-36(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Except in the case of a change of name in accordance with subsection (e) of this section, at the time of or subsequent to the entry of the order of adoption, the clerk may for proper cause shown and upon written application of the adoptive parents and the person adopted, issue an order changing the name of the person adopted from his true name to the name applied for. The order shall contain the true name, the county of birth, and the date of birth of each adoptive parent; the true name, the county of birth, and the date of birth of the person adopted; the name of each parent as shown on the birth certificate of the person adopted; and the name sought to be adopted. The clerk shall issue to the person adopted a certificate under his hand and seal of office, stating the change made in the name, and shall record the applications and order on the docket of special proceedings in his court. He shall forward a copy of the change of name order to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics if the person adopted was born in North Carolina. Upon receipt of the order, the State Registrar shall note the change of name specified in the order on the birth certificate of the person adopted, and shall notify the register of deeds of the county of birth of the person adopted."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of June, 1989.