Document ID: General_Provisions_Article_4._§_48-4-102._ Consent_to_adoption_of_stepchild.

Section Title: {"article_title": "Article 4.", "section_title": "§ 48-4-102.  Consent to adoption of stepchild.", "subchapter_title": "General Provisions", "type": "section"}

Content:
§ 48-4-102.  Consent to adoption of stepchild. Except under circumstances described in G.S. 48-3-603, a petition to adopt a minor stepchild may be granted only if consent to the adoption has been executed by the adoptee if 12 or more years of age; and (1)	The adoptee's parents as described in G.S. 48-3-601; and (2)	Any guardian of the adoptee. The consent of an incompetent parent may be given pursuant to the procedures in G.S. 48-3-602. (1949, c. 300; 1957, c. 778, s. 5; 1969, c. 911, s. 6; 1971, c. 1093, s. 13; 1973, c. 1354, s. 5; 1983, c. 30; c. 454, ss. 2, 6; 1995, c. 457, s. 2; 1997-215, s. 11(c).)