AN ACT requiring a person convicted of a sex offense who is pursuing child custody ex parte to disclose the conviction in the pleadings.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 50‑13.1 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(a1)	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person instituting an action or proceeding for custody ex parte who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense as defined in G.S. 14‑208.6(5) shall disclose the conviction in the pleadings."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2007, and applies to actions or proceedings filed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of August, 2007.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 9:00 p.m. this 28th day of August, 2007