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NC Gen Stat § 50A-378 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 50A - Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act and Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act|Article 3 - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.|§ 50A-378 - Order for child support.

 50A-378. Order for child support.If a court has issued an order providing for grant of caretaking authority under this Part, or an agreement granting caretaking authority has been executed under Part 2 of this Article, the court may enter a temporary order for child support consistent with the laws of this State regarding child support if the court has jurisdiction under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act under Chapter 52C of the General Statutes.  (2013-27, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 50A-379 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 50A - Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act and Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act|Article 3 - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.|§ 50A-379 - Modifying or terminating assignment or grant of custodial responsibility to nonparent.

 50A-379. Modifying or terminating assignment or grant of custodial responsibility to nonparent.(a) Except for an order in accordance with G.S. 50A-373 or as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, and consistent with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. app. 521-522, on motion of a deploying or other parent or any nonparent to whom caretaking authority, decision-making authority, or limited contact has been granted, the court may modify or terminate a grant of caretaking authority, decision-making authority, or limited contact made pursuant to this Article if the modification or termination is consistent with this Part and the court finds it is in the best interest of the child. Any modification shall be temporary and terminates following the conclusion of deployment of the deployed parent according to the procedures under Part 4 of this Article, unless the grant has been terminated before that time by court order.(b) On motion of a deploying parent, the court shall terminate a grant of limited contact.  (2013-27, s. 3; 2014-115, s. 38(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 50A-385 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 50A - Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act and Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act|Article 3 - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.|§ 50A-385 - Procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by agreement.

 50A-385. Procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by agreement.(a) At any time following return from deployment, a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility under Part 2 of this Article may be terminated by an agreement to terminate signed by the deploying parent and the other parent.(b) The temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility terminates if (i) the agreement to terminate specifies a date for termination or (ii) the agreement to terminate does not specify a date, on the date the agreement to terminate is signed by both parents.(c) In the absence of an agreement to terminate, the temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility terminates 60 days from the date the deploying parent gives notice to the other parent that the deploying parent has returned from deployment, unless earlier terminated upon the date stated in an order terminating the temporary grant of custodial responsibility or the death of the deploying parent.(d) If the temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility was filed with a court pursuant to G.S. 50A-364, an agreement to terminate the temporary agreement shall also be filed with that court within a reasonable period of time after the signing of the agreement. The case number and heading of the existing custodial responsibility or child support case shall be provided to the court with the agreement to terminate.  (2013-27, s. 3; 2014-115, s. 38(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 50A-386 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 50A - Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act and Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act|Article 3 - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.|§ 50A-386 - Consent procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order.

 50A-386. Consent procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order.At any time following return from deployment, the deploying parent and the other parent may file with the court an agreement to terminate a temporary order for custodial responsibility issued under Part 3 of this Article. After an agreement has been filed, the court shall issue an order terminating the temporary order on the date specified in the agreement. If no date is specified, the court shall issue the order immediately.  (2013-27, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 50A-387 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 50A - Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act and Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act|Article 3 - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.|§ 50A-387 - Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility.

 50A-387. Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility.After a deploying parent returns from deployment and until a temporary agreement or order for custodial responsibility established under Part 2 or Part 3 of this Article is terminated, the court shall enter a temporary order granting the deploying parent reasonable contact with the child unless it is contrary to the best interest of the child. The court shall enter a temporary order granting contact under this section even if the time exceeds the time the deploying parent spent with the child before deployment.  (2013-27, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 50A-388 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 50A - Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act and Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act|Article 3 - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.|§ 50A-388 - Termination by operation of law of temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order.

 50A-388. Termination by operation of law of temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order.(a) A temporary order for custodial responsibility issued under Part 3 of this Article shall terminate, if no agreement between the parties to terminate a temporary order for custodial responsibility has been filed, 60 days from the date the deploying parent gives notice of having returned from deployment to the other parent and any nonparent granted custodial responsibility, when applicable, or upon the death of the deploying parent, whichever occurs first.(b) Any proceedings seeking to terminate or prevent termination of a temporary order for custodial responsibility are governed by laws of this State.  (2013-27, s. 3; 2014-115, s. 38(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 50A-395 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 50A - Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act and Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act|Article 3 - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.|§ 50A-395 - Uniformity of application and construction.

 50A-395. Uniformity of application and construction.In applying and construing this Article, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.  (2013-27, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 50A-396 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 50A - Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act and Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act|Article 3 - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.|§ 50A-396 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

 50A-396. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.This Article modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. 7003(b).  (2013-27, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 51-1 - Requisites of marriage; solemnization.

 51-1. Requisites of marriage; solemnization.A valid and sufficient marriage is created by the consent of a male and female person who may lawfully marry, presently to take each other as husband and wife, freely, seriously and plainly expressed by each in the presence of the other, either:(1) a. In the presence of an ordained minister of any religious denomination, a minister authorized by a church, or a magistrate; andb. With the consequent declaration by the minister or magistrate that the persons are husband and wife; or(2) In accordance with any mode of solemnization recognized by any religious denomination, or federally or State recognized Indian Nation or Tribe.Marriages solemnized before March 9, 1909, by ministers of the gospel licensed, but not ordained, are validated from their consummation.  (1871-2, c. 193, s. 3; Code, s. 1812; Rev., s. 2081; 1908, c. 47; 1909, c. 704, s. 2; c. 897; C.S., s. 2493; 1945, c. 839; 1965, c. 152; 1971, c. 1185, s. 26; 1977, c. 592, s. 1; 2000-58, ss. 1, 2; 2001-14, ss. 1, 2; 2001-62, ss. 1, 17; 2002-115, ss. 5, 6; 2002-159, s. 13(a); 2003-4, s. 1; 2005-56, s. 1; 2007-61, s. 1; 2009-13, s. 1; 2012-194, s. 65.4(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 51-1.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 51-1.1 - Certain marriages performed by ministers of Universal Life Church validated.

 51-1.1. Certain marriages performed by ministers of Universal Life Church validated.Any marriages performed by ministers of the Universal Life Church prior to July 3, 1981, are validated, unless they have been invalidated by a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that all other requirements of law have been met and the marriages would have been valid if performed by an official authorized by law to perform wedding ceremonies. (1981, c. 797.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-1.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 51-1.2 - (See Editor's note) Marriages between persons of the same gender not valid.

 51-1.2. (See Editor's note) Marriages between persons of the same gender not valid.Marriages, whether created by common law, contracted, or performed outside of North Carolina, between individuals of the same gender are not valid in North Carolina. (1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 588, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 51-2 - Lawful age to marry.

 51-2. Lawful age to marry.(a) All unmarried persons of 18 years, or older, may lawfully marry.(a1) Persons over 16 years of age and under 18 years of age may marry a person no more than four years older, and the register of deeds may issue a license for the marriage, only after there has been filed with the register of deeds a certified copy of an order issued by a district court authorizing the marriage as provided in G.S. 51-2.1, or a written consent to the marriage, said consent having been signed by the appropriate person as follows:(1) By a parent having full or joint legal custody of the underage party; or(2) By a person, agency, or institution having legal custody or serving as a guardian of the underage party.Such written consent shall not be required for an emancipated minor if a certificate of emancipation issued pursuant to Article 35 of Chapter 7B of the General Statutes or a certified copy of a final decree or certificate of emancipation from this or any other jurisdiction is filed with the register of deeds.  (b) Repealed by Session Laws 2021-119, s. 1, effective August 26, 2021, and applicable to marriage licenses pending or issued on or after that date.(b1) It shall be unlawful for any person under 16 years of age to marry.(c) When a license to marry is procured by any person under 18 years of age by fraud or misrepresentation, a parent of the underage party, a person, agency, or institution having legal custody or serving as a guardian of the underage party, or a guardian ad litem appointed to represent the underage party pursuant to G.S. 51-2.1(b) is a proper party to bring an action to annul the marriage.  (R.C., c. 68, s. 14; 1871-2, c. 193; Code, s. 1809; Rev., s. 2082; C.S., s. 2494; 1923, c. 75; 1933, c. 269, s. 1; 1939, c. 375; 1947, c. 383, s. 2; 1961, c. 186; 1967, c. 957, s. 1; 1969, c. 982; 1985, c. 608; 1998-202, s. 13(s); 2001-62, s. 2; 2001-487, s. 60; 2021-119, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-2.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 51-2.2 - Parent includes adoptive parent.

 51-2.2. Parent includes adoptive parent.As used in this Article, the terms "parent", "father", or "mother" includes one who has become a parent, father, or mother, respectively, by adoption. (2001-62, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 51-3 - Want of capacity; void and voidable marriages.

 51-3. Want of capacity; void and voidable marriages.All marriages between any two persons nearer of kin than first cousins, or between double first cousins, or between a male person under 16 years of age and any female, or between a female person under 16 years of age and any male, or between persons either of whom has a husband or wife living at the time of such marriage, or between persons either of whom is at the time physically impotent, or between persons either of whom is at the time incapable of contracting from want of will or understanding, shall be void. No marriage followed by cohabitation and the birth of issue shall be declared void after the death of either of the parties for any of the causes stated in this section except for bigamy. A marriage contracted under a representation and belief that the female partner to the marriage is pregnant, followed by the separation of the parties within 45 days of the marriage which separation has been continuous for a period of one year, shall be voidable unless a child shall have been born to the parties within 10 lunar months of the date of separation.  (R.C., c. 68, ss. 7, 8, 9; 1871-2, c. 193, s. 2; Code, s. 1810; 1887, c. 245; Rev., s. 2083; 1911, c. 215, s. 2; 1913, c. 123; 1917, c. 135; C.S., s. 2495; 1947, c. 383, s. 3; 1949, c. 1022; 1953, c. 1105; 1961, c. 367; 1977, c. 107, s. 1; 2021-119, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-3.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 51-3.1 - Interracial marriages validated.

 51-3.1. Interracial marriages validated. All interracial marriages that were declared void by statute or a court of competent jurisdiction prior to March 24, 1977, are hereby validated. The parties to such interracial marriages are deemed to be lawfully married, provided that the provisions of this Chapter have been complied with. (1977, c. 107, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-3.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 51-3.2 - Marriage licensed and solemnized by a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe.

 51-3.2. Marriage licensed and solemnized by a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe.(a) Subject to the restriction provided in subsection (b), a marriage between a man and a woman licensed and solemnized according to the law of a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe shall be valid and the parties to the marriage shall be lawfully married.(b) When the law of a federally recognized Indian Nation or Tribe allows persons to obtain a marriage license from the register of deeds and the parties to a marriage do so, Chapter 51 of the General Statutes shall apply and the marriage shall be valid only if the issuance of the license and the solemnization of the marriage is conducted in compliance with this Chapter. (2001-62, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 51-4 - Prohibited degrees of kinship.

 51-4. Prohibited degrees of kinship.When the degree of kinship is estimated with a view to ascertain the right of kinspeople to marry, the half-blood shall be counted as the whole-blood: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to invalidate any marriage heretofore contracted in case where by counting the half-blood as the whole-blood the persons contracting such marriage would be nearer of kin than first cousins; but in every such case the kinship shall be ascertained by counting relations of the half-blood as being only half so near kin as those of the same degree of the whole-blood (1879, c. 78; Code, s. 1811; Rev., s. 2084; C.S., s. 2496.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 51-5 - Marriages between slaves validated.

 51-5. Marriages between slaves validated.Persons, both or one of whom were formerly slaves, who have complied with the provisions of section five, Chapter 40, of the acts of the General Assembly, ratified March 10, 1866, shall be deemed to have been lawfully married. (1866, c. 40, s. 5; Code, s. 1842; Rev., s. 2085; C.S., s. 2497.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-5.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 51-5.5 - Recusal of certain public officials.

 51-5.5. Recusal of certain public officials.(a) Every magistrate has the right to recuse from performing all lawful marriages under this Chapter based upon any sincerely held religious objection. Such recusal shall be upon notice to the chief district court judge and is in effect for at least six months from the time delivered to the chief district court judge. The recusing magistrate may not perform any marriage under this Chapter until the recusal is rescinded in writing. The chief district court judge shall ensure that all individuals issued a marriage license seeking to be married before a magistrate may marry.(b) Every assistant register of deeds and deputy register of deeds has the right to recuse from issuing all lawful marriage licenses under this Chapter based upon any sincerely held religious objection. Such recusal shall be upon notice to the register of deeds and is in effect for at least six months from the time delivered to the register of deeds. The recusing assistant or deputy register may not issue any marriage license until the recusal is rescinded in writing. The register of deeds shall ensure for all applicants for marriage licenses to be issued a license upon satisfaction of the requirements as set forth in Article 2 of this Chapter.(c) If, and only if, all magistrates in a jurisdiction have recused under subsection (a) of this section, the chief district court judge shall notify the Administrative Office of the Courts. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall ensure that a magistrate is available in that jurisdiction for performance of marriages for the times required under G.S. 7A-292(b). Only for the duration of the time the Administrative Office of the Courts has not designated a magistrate to perform marriages in that jurisdiction, the chief district court judge or such other district court judge as may be designated by the chief district court judge shall be deemed a magistrate for the purposes of performing marriages under this Chapter.(d) No magistrate, assistant register of deeds, or deputy register of deeds may be charged or convicted under G.S. 14-230 or G.S. 161-27, or subjected to a disciplinary action, due to a good-faith recusal under this section.  (2015-75, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 2 - Marriage Licenses.|§ 51-6 - Solemnization without license unlawful.

 51-6. Solemnization without license unlawful.No minister, officer, or any other person authorized to solemnize a marriage under the laws of this State shall perform a ceremony of marriage between a man and woman, or shall declare them to be husband and wife, until there is delivered to that person a license for the marriage of the said persons, signed by the register of deeds of the county in which the marriage license was issued or by a lawful deputy or assistant. There must be at least two witnesses to the marriage ceremony.Whenever a man and woman have been lawfully married in accordance with the laws of the state in which the marriage ceremony took place, and said marriage was performed by a magistrate or some other civil official duly authorized to perform such ceremony, and the parties thereafter wish to confirm their marriage vows before an ordained minister or minister authorized by a church, or in a ceremony recognized by any religious denomination, federally or State recognized Indian Nation or Tribe, nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit such confirmation ceremony; provided, however, that such confirmation ceremony shall not be deemed in law to be a marriage ceremony, such confirmation ceremony shall in no way affect the validity or invalidity of the prior marriage ceremony performed by a civil official, no license for such confirmation ceremony shall be issued by a register of deeds, and no record of such confirmation ceremony may be kept by a register of deeds. (1871-2, c. 193, s. 4; Code, s. 1813; Rev., s. 2086; C.S., s. 2498; 1957, c. 1261; 1959, c. 338; 1967, c. 957, ss. 6, 9; 1977, c. 592, s. 2; 2001-62, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 51-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 51 - Marriage|Article 2 - Marriage Licenses.|§ 51-7 - Penalty for solemnizing without license.

 51-7. Penalty for solemnizing without license.Every minister, officer, or any other person authorized to solemnize a marriage under the laws of this State, who marries any couple without a license being first delivered to that person, as required by law, or after the expiration of such license, or who fails to return such license to the register of deeds within 10 days after any marriage celebrated by virtue thereof, with the certificate appended thereto duly filled up and signed, shall forfeit and pay two hundred dollars ($200.00) to any person who sues therefore, and shall also be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (R.C., c. 68, ss. 6, 13; 1871-2, c. 193, s. 8; Code, s. 1817; Rev., ss. 2087, 3372; C.S., s. 2499; 1953, c. 638, s. 1; 1967, c. 957, s. 5; 1993, c. 539, s. 415; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2001-62, s. 7.)