NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 977

SENATE BILL 747

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 48-29 TO PROVIDE THAT THE PLACE OF BIRTH OF AN ADOPTED CHILD SHOWN ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE ISSUED AT THE TIME OF ADOPTION SHALL BE THE SAME AS ON THE ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 48-29 is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (e) at the end thereof to read as follows:

"(e)       The foregoing provisions to the contrary notwithstanding, the place of birth of any child adopted by a spouse of a natural parent of that child shall be the same on the new birth certificate as on the original certificate when the adoptive parent so requests."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be effective from the date of ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1969.