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NC Gen Stat § 48-10-104 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 48 - Adoptions|Article 10 - Prohibited Practices in Connection with Adoption.|§ 48-10-104 - Failure to disclose nonidentifying information.

 48-10-104. Failure to disclose nonidentifying information.An adoptive parent, an adoptee, or any person who is the subject of any information required under G.S. 48-3-205 or authorized for release under Article 9 of this Chapter may bring a civil action for equitable or monetary relief or both against a person who fraudulently or intentionally misrepresents or fails to disclose information required under G.S. 48-3-205 or Article 9 of this Chapter. (1995, c. 457, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 48-10-105 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 48 - Adoptions|Article 10 - Prohibited Practices in Connection with Adoption.|§ 48-10-105 - Unauthorized disclosure of information.

 48-10-105. Unauthorized disclosure of information.(a) Except as authorized in G.S. 48-3-205 or in Article 9 of this Chapter, no identifying or nonidentifying information contained in a report or records described therein may be disclosed by present or former employees or officials of the court, an agency, the State, a county, an attorney or other provider of professional services, or any person or entity who wrongfully obtains such a report or records.(b) A person who knowingly makes an unauthorized disclosure of identifying information is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.(c) The district court may enjoin from further violations any person who makes an unauthorized disclosure.(d) Notwithstanding the penalties provided in subsection (b) of this section, an individual who is the subject of any of this information may bring a civil action for equitable or monetary relief or both against any person or entity who makes an unauthorized disclosure of the information. (1949, c. 300; 1957, c. 778, s. 7; 1961, c. 186; 1969, c. 982; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; 1979, c. 739, ss. 1, 2; 1981, c. 924, ss. 2, 3; 1983, c. 454, s. 6; 1993, c. 539, s. 411; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1995, c. 457, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 48A-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 48A - Minors|Article 1 - Age of Majority.|§ 48A-1 - Common-law definition of "minor" abrogated.

 48A-1. Common-law definition of "minor" abrogated.The common-law definition of minor insofar as it pertains to the age of the minor is hereby repealed and abrogated. (1971, c. 585, s. 1; 2003-207, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 48A-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 48A - Minors|Article 1 - Age of Majority.|§ 48A-2 - Age of minors.

 48A-2. Age of minors.A minor is any person who has not reached the age of 18 years. (1971, c. 585, s. 1; 2003-207, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 48A-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 48A - Minors|Article 1 - Age of Majority.|§ 48A-3 - Statute of limitations; applicability.

 48A-3. Statute of limitations; applicability.For purposes of determining the applicability of the statute of limitations which has been tolled because of minority or for purposes of determining the applicable period of time for disaffirmance of a contract of a minor upon reaching majority, because of a change in applicable law occasioned by enactment of this Chapter or Chapter 1231 of the 1971 Session Laws, the following rules shall apply:(1) For those persons who were 21 on the effective date of applicable law, limitations shall apply as they would prior to amendment;(2) For those persons 18 years of age but not 21 on the effective date of applicable law, any time periods for disaffirmance or application of the statute of limitations shall run from the effective date of this Chapter, to wit, July 5, 1971.(3) For those persons not yet 18, any time periods for disaffirmance or application of the statute of limitations shall run from the person's reaching age 18. (1971, c. 1231, s. 3; 2003-207, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 48A-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 48A - Minors|Article 1 - Age of Majority.|§ 48A-4 - Certain minors competent to contract.

 48A-4. Certain minors competent to contract.A minor who is 16 years of age or older and who is in the legal custody of the county department of social services shall be qualified and competent to contract for the purchase of an automobile insurance policy with the consent of the court with continuing jurisdiction over the minor's placement under G.S. 7B-1000(b). The minor shall be responsible for paying the costs of the insurance premiums and shall be liable for damages caused by the minor's negligent operation of a motor vehicle. No State or local government agency, foster parent, or entity providing services to the minor under contract or at the direction of a State or local government agency shall be responsible for paying any insurance premiums or liable for damages of any kind as a result of the operation of a motor vehicle by the minor.  (2015-135, s. 4.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 48A-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 48A - Minors|Article 2 - Certain Contracts of Minors.|§ 48A-11 - Applicability.

 48A-11. Applicability.This Article applies to any of the following contracts entered into between an unemancipated minor and any third party or parties:(1) A contract pursuant to which a person is employed or agrees to render artistic or creative services, either directly or through a third party, including, but not limited to, a personal services corporation or loan-out company. As used in this Article, the term "artistic or creative services" includes, but is not limited to, services as an actor, actress, dancer, musician, comedian, singer, stunt person, voice-over artist, or other performer or entertainer, or as a songwriter, musical producer or arranger, writer, director, producer, production executive, choreographer, composer, conductor, or designer.(2) A contract pursuant to which a person agrees to purchase, or otherwise secure, sell, lease, license, or otherwise dispose of literary, musical, or dramatic properties, or use of a person's likeness, voice recording, performance, or story of or incidents in his or her life, either tangible or intangible, or any rights therein for use in motion pictures, television, the production of sound recordings in any format now known or hereafter devised, the legitimate or living stage, or otherwise in the entertainment field.(3) A contract pursuant to which a person is employed or agrees to render services as a participant or player in a sport.(4) Where a minor renders services as an extra, background performer, or in a similar capacity, through an agency or service that provides one or more performers for a fee, such as a casting agency, the agency or service shall be considered the minor's employer for the purposes of this Article. (2003-207, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 48A-12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 48A - Minors|Article 2 - Certain Contracts of Minors.|§ 48A-12 - No disaffirmance if approved by superior court.

 48A-12. No disaffirmance if approved by superior court.(a) A contract, otherwise valid, of a type described in G.S. 48A-11, entered into during minority, cannot be disaffirmed on that ground either during the minority of the person entering into the contract, or at any time thereafter, if the contract has been approved by the superior court in any county in which the minor resides or is employed or in which any party to the contract has its principal office in this State for the transaction of business.(b) Approval of the court may be given on petition of any party to the contract, after reasonable notice to all other parties to the contract as is fixed by the court, with opportunity to the other parties to appear and be heard.(c) Approval of the court given under this section extends to the whole of the contract and all of its terms and provisions, including, but not limited to, any optional or conditional provisions contained in the contract for extension, prolongation, or termination of the term of the contract.(d) For the purposes of any proceeding under this Article, a parent or legal guardian, as the case may be, entitled to the physical custody, care, and control of the minor at the time of the proceeding shall be considered the minor's guardian ad litem for the proceeding, unless the court shall determine that appointment of a different individual as guardian ad litem is required in the best interests of the minor. (2003-207, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 48A-13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 48A - Minors|Article 2 - Certain Contracts of Minors.|§ 48A-13 - Copies of certain documents to be provided.

 48A-13. Copies of certain documents to be provided.A parent or guardian, as the case may be, entitled to the physical custody, care, and control of a minor, who enters into a contract of a type described in G.S. 48A-11 shall provide a certified copy of the minor's birth certificate indicating the minor's minority to the other party or parties to the contract and in addition, in the case of a guardian, a certified copy of the court document appointing the person as the minor's legal guardian. (2003-207, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 48A-17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 48A - Minors|Article 2 - Certain Contracts of Minors.|§ 48A-17 - Talent agency contracts.

 48A-17. Talent agency contracts.(a) As used in this Article, the term "talent agency" means a person or corporation who engages in the occupation of procuring, offering, promising, or attempting to procure employment or engagements for an artist or artists. Talent agencies may, in addition, counsel or direct artists in the development of their professional careers.(b) As used in this Article, the term "artists" means actors and actresses rendering services on the legitimate stage and in the production of motion pictures, radio artists, musical artists, musical organizations, directors of legitimate stage, motion picture and radio productions, musical directors, writers, cinematographers, composers, lyricists, arrangers, models, and other artists and persons rendering professional services in motion picture, theatrical, radio, television, and other entertainment enterprises. (2003-207, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 48A-18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 48A - Minors|Article 2 - Certain Contracts of Minors.|§ 48A-18 - Disaffirmance of talent agency contracts.

 48A-18. Disaffirmance of talent agency contracts.A minor cannot disaffirm a contract, otherwise valid, entered into during minority, either during the actual minority of the minor entering into the contract or at any time thereafter, with a talent agency as defined in G.S. 48A-17, to secure engagements to render artistic or creative services in motion pictures, television, the production of phonograph records, the legitimate or living stage, or otherwise in the entertainment field including, but without being limited to, services as an actor, actress, dancer, musician, comedian, singer, or other performer or entertainer, or as a writer, director, producer, production executive, choreographer, composer, conductor, or designer, where the contract has been approved by the superior court of the county where such minor resides or is employed. This approval may be given by the superior court on the petition of either party to the contract after reasonable notice to the other party thereto as may be fixed by said court, with opportunity to the other party to appear and be heard.  (2003-207, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 49-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 49 - Children Born Out of Wedlock|Article 1 - Support of Children Born Out of Wedlock.|§ 49-1 - Title.

 49-1. Title.This Article shall be referred to as "An act concerning the support of children of parents not married to each other." (1933, c. 228, s. 11.)
NC Gen Stat § 49-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 49 - Children Born Out of Wedlock|Article 1 - Support of Children Born Out of Wedlock.|§ 49-2 - Nonsupport of child born out of wedlock by parents made misdemeanor.

 49-2. Nonsupport of child born out of wedlock by parents made misdemeanor.Any parent who willfully neglects or who refuses to provide adequate support and maintain his or her child born out of wedlock shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. A child within the meaning of this Article shall be any person less than 18 years of age and any person whom either parent might be required under the laws of North Carolina to support and maintain if the child were the legitimate child of the parent.  (1933, c. 228, s. 1; 1937, c. 432, s. 1; 1939, c. 217, ss. 1, 2; 1951, c. 154, s. 1; 1977, c. 3, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 414; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2013-198, s. 17.)
NC Gen Stat § 49-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 49 - Children Born Out of Wedlock|Article 1 - Support of Children Born Out of Wedlock.|§ 49-3 - Place of birth of child no consideration.

 49-3. Place of birth of child no consideration.The provisions of this Article shall apply whether such child shall have been begotten or shall have been born within or without the State of North Carolina: Provided, that the child to be supported is a bona fide resident of this State at the time of the institution of any proceedings under this Article. (1933, c. 228, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 49-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 49 - Children Born Out of Wedlock|Article 1 - Support of Children Born Out of Wedlock.|§ 49-4 - When prosecution may be commenced.

 49-4. When prosecution may be commenced.The prosecution of the reputed father of a child born out of wedlock may be instituted under this Chapter within any of the following periods, and not thereafter:(1) Three years next after the birth of the child; or(2) Where the paternity of the child has been judicially determined within three years next after its birth, at any time before the child attains the age of 18 years; or(3) Where the reputed father has acknowledged paternity of the child by payments for the support thereof within three years next after the birth of the child, three years from the date of the last payment whether the last payment was made within three years of the birth of the child or thereafter: Provided, the action is instituted before the child attains the age of 18 years.The prosecution of the mother of a child born out of wedlock may be instituted under this Chapter at any time before the child attains the age of 18 years.  (1933, c. 228, s. 3; 1939, c. 217, s. 3; 1945, c. 1053; 1951, c. 154, s. 2; 2013-198, s. 18.)
NC Gen Stat § 49-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 49 - Children Born Out of Wedlock|Article 1 - Support of Children Born Out of Wedlock.|§ 49-5 - Prosecution; death of mother no bar; determination of fatherhood.

 49-5. Prosecution; death of mother no bar; determination of fatherhood.Proceedings under this Article may be brought by the mother or her personal representative or, if the child is likely to become a public charge, the director of social services or such person as by law performs the duties of such official in said county where the mother resides or the child is found. Proceedings under this Article may be brought in the county where the mother resides or is found, or in the county where the putative father resides or is found, or in the county where the child is found. The fact that the child was born outside of the State of North Carolina shall not be a bar to proceedings against the putative father in any county where he resides or is found, or in the county where the mother resides or the child is found. The death of the mother shall in no wise affect any proceedings under this Article. Preliminary proceedings under this Article to determine the paternity of the child may be instituted prior to the birth of the child but when the judge or court trying the issue of paternity deems it proper, he may continue the case until the woman is delivered of the child. When a continuance is granted, the courts shall recognize the person accused of being the father of the child with surety for his appearance, either at the next session of the court or at a time to be fixed by the judge or court granting a continuance, which shall be after the delivery of the child. (1933, c. 228, s. 4; 1961, c. 186; 1969, c. 982; 1971, c. 1185, s. 18; 1981, c. 599, s. 13.)
NC Gen Stat § 49-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 49 - Children Born Out of Wedlock|Article 1 - Support of Children Born Out of Wedlock.|§ 49-6 - Mother not excused on ground of self-incrimination; not subject to penalty.

 49-6. Mother not excused on ground of self-incrimination; not subject to penalty.No mother of a child born out of wedlock shall be excused, on the ground that it may tend to incriminate her or subject her to a penalty or a forfeiture, from attending and testifying, in obedience to a subpoena of any court, in any suit or proceeding based upon or growing out of the provisions of this Article, but no such mother shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing as to which, in obedience to a subpoena and under oath, she may so testify.  (1933, c. 228, s. 5; 1939, c. 217, s. 5; 2013-198, s. 19.)
NC Gen Stat § 49-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 49 - Children Born Out of Wedlock|Article 1 - Support of Children Born Out of Wedlock.|§ 49-7 - Issues and orders.

 49-7. Issues and orders.The court before which the matter may be brought shall determine whether or not the defendant is a parent of the child on whose behalf the proceeding is instituted. After this matter has been determined in the affirmative, the court shall proceed to determine the issue as to whether or not the defendant has neglected or refused to provide adequate support and maintain the child who is the subject of the proceeding. After this matter has been determined in the affirmative, the court shall fix by order, subject to modification or increase from time to time, a specific sum of money necessary for the support and maintenance of the child, subject to the limitations of G.S. 50-13.10. The amount of child support shall be determined as provided in G.S. 50-13.4(c). The order fixing the sum shall require the defendant to pay it either as a lump sum or in periodic payments as the circumstances of the case may appear to the court. The social security number, if known, of the minor child's parents shall be placed in the record of the proceeding. Compliance by the defendant with any or all of the further provisions of this Article or the order or orders of the court requiring additional acts to be performed by the defendant shall not be construed to relieve the defendant of his or her responsibility to pay the sum fixed or any modification or increase thereof.The court before whom the matter may be brought, on motion of the State or the defendant, shall order that the alleged-parent defendant, the known natural parent, and the child submit to any blood tests and comparisons which have been developed and adapted for purposes of establishing or disproving parentage and which are reasonably accessible to the alleged-parent defendant, the known natural parent, and the child. The results of those blood tests and comparisons, including the statistical likelihood of the alleged parent's parentage, if available, shall be admitted in evidence when offered by a duly qualified, licensed practicing physician, duly qualified immunologist, duly qualified geneticist or other duly qualified person. The evidentiary effect of those blood tests and comparisons and the manner in which the expenses therefor are to be taxed as costs shall be as prescribed in G.S. 8-50.1. In addition, if a jury tries the issue of parentage, they shall be instructed as set out in G.S. 8-50.1. From a finding on the issue of parentage against the alleged-parent defendant, the alleged-parent defendant has the same right of appeal as though he or she had been found guilty of the crime of willful failure to support a child born out of wedlock.  (1933, c. 228, s. 6; 1937, c. 432, s. 2; 1939, c. 217, ss. 1, 4; 1944, c. 40; 1947, c. 1014; 1971, c. 1185, s. 19; 1975, c. 449, s. 3; 1977, c. 3, s. 2; 1979, c. 576, s. 2; 1987, c. 739, s. 1; 1989, c. 529, s. 6; 1997-433, s. 4.1; 1998-17, s. 1; 2013-198, s. 20.)
NC Gen Stat § 49-8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 49 - Children Born Out of Wedlock|Article 1 - Support of Children Born Out of Wedlock.|§ 49-8 - Power of court to modify orders, suspend sentence, etc.

 49-8. Power of court to modify orders, suspend sentence, etc.Upon the determination of the issues set out in G.S. 49-7 and for the purpose of enforcing the payment of the sum fixed, the court is hereby given discretion, having regard for the circumstances of the case and the financial ability and earning capacity of the defendant and his or her willingness to cooperate, to make an order or orders upon the defendant and to modify such order or orders from time to time as the circumstances of the case may in the judgment of the court require subject to the limitations of G.S. 50-13.10. The order or orders made in this regard may include any or all of the following alternatives:(1) Repealed By Session Laws 1994, Extra Session, c. 14, s. 35.(2) Suspend sentence and continue the case from term to term;(3) Release the defendant from custody on probation conditioned upon the defendant's compliance with the terms of the probation and the payment of the sum fixed for the support and maintenance of the child;(4) Order the defendant to pay to the mother of the said child the necessary expenses of birth of the child and suitable medical attention for her;(5) Require the defendant to sign a recognizance with good and sufficient security, for compliance with any order which the court may make in proceedings under this Article. (1933, c. 228, s. 7; 1939, c. 217, s. 6; 1987, c. 739, s. 2; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 35.)
NC Gen Stat § 49-9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 49 - Children Born Out of Wedlock|Article 1 - Support of Children Born Out of Wedlock.|§ 49-9 - Bond for future appearance of defendant.

 49-9. Bond for future appearance of defendant.At the preliminary hearing of any case arising under this Article it shall be the duty of the court, if it finds reasonable cause for holding the accused for a further hearing, to require a bond in the sum of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), conditioned upon the reappearance of the accused at the further hearing under this Article. This bond and all other bonds provided for in this Article shall be justified before, and approved by, the court or the clerk thereof. (1933, c. 228, s. 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 49-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 49 - Children Born Out of Wedlock|Article 2 - Legitimation of Children Born Out of Wedlock.|§ 49-10 - Legitimation.

 49-10. Legitimation.The putative father of any child born out of wedlock, whether such father resides in North Carolina or not, may apply by a verified written petition, filed in a special proceeding in the superior court of the county in which the putative father resides or in the superior court of the county in which the child resides, praying that such child be declared legitimate. The mother, if living, and the child shall be necessary parties to the proceeding, and the full names of the father, mother and the child shall be set out in the petition. A certified copy of a certificate of birth of the child shall be attached to the petition. If it appears to the court that the petitioner is the father of the child, the court may thereupon declare and pronounce the child legitimated; and the full names of the father, mother and the child shall be set out in the court order decreeing legitimation of the child. The clerk of the court shall record the order in the record of orders and decrees and it shall be cross-indexed under the name of the father as plaintiff or petitioner on the plaintiff's side of the cross-index, and under the name of the mother, and the child as defendants or respondents on the defendants' side of the cross-index. (Code, s. 39; Rev., s. 263; C.S., s. 277; 1947, c. 663, s. 1; 1971, c. 154; 1977, c. 83, s. 1.)