GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 616

Short Title:  Establishment of Paternity.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Johnson of Cabarrus.
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Referred to:  Judiciary II.
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March 23, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PERMIT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PATERNITY OF AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD ANY TIME BEFORE THE CHILD ATTAINS THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 49-4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 49-4. When prosecution may be commenced.
				The prosecution of the mother or reputed father of an illegitimate child may be instituted under this Chapter at any time before the child attains the age of 18 years."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989, and applies to actions instituted on or after that date.