§ 48‑10‑103. Lawful payments related to adoption
§ 48‑10‑103. Lawful payments related to adoption. (a) An adoptive parent, or another person acting on behalf of an adoptive parent, may pay the reasonable and actual fees and expenses for: (1) Services of an agency in connection with an adoption; (2) Medical, hospital, nursing, pharmaceutical, traveling, or other similar expenses incurred by a mother or her child incident to the pregnancy and birth or any illness of the adoptee; (3) Counseling services for a parent or the adoptee that are directly related to the adoption and are...
Read MoreProhibited Practices in Connection with Adoption
Article 10. Prohibited Practices in Connection with Adoption. § 48‑10‑101. Prohibited activities in placement. (a) No one other than a person or entity specified in G.S. 48‑3‑201 may place a minor for adoption. No one other than a person or entity specified in G.S. 48‑3‑201, or an adoption facilitator, may solicit potential adoptive parents for children in need of adoption. No one other than an agency or an adoption facilitator, or an individual with a completed preplacement assessment that contains a finding that the individual is suitable to be an adoptive...
Read More§ 48-2-101. Venue
§ 48-2-101. Venue. A petition for adoption may be filed with the clerk of the superior court in the county in which: (1) A petitioner lives, or is domiciled, at the time of filing; (2) The adoptee lives; or (3) An office of the agency that placed the adoptee is located.
Read More§ 48-2-100. Jurisdiction
§ 48-2-100. Jurisdiction. (a) Adoption shall be by a special proceeding before the clerk of superior court. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, jurisdiction over adoption proceedings commenced under this Chapter exists if, at the commencement of the proceeding: (1) The adoptee has lived in this State for at least the six consecutive months immediately preceding the filing of the petition or from birth, and the prospective adoptive parent is domiciled in this State; or (2) The prospective adoptive parent has lived in or been domiciled in this State for...
Read More§ 48-1-104. Who may be adopted
§ 48-1-104. Who may be adopted. Any individual may be adopted as provided in this Chapter.
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