GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 608

HOUSE BILL 784

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT AN EMANCIPATED MINOR MAY MARRY WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 51-2(a) is amended by adding a new sentence to the end of the paragraph to read:

"Such written consent shall not be required for an emancipated minor if a certificate of emancipation issued pursuant to Article 56 of Chapter 7A 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."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of July, 1985.