The petitioner shall file or cause to be filed the following documents:

(1) Any required affidavit of parentage executed under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-3-206.

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 48-2-305

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3

(2) Any required consent or relinquishment that has been executed.

(3) A certified copy of any court order terminating the rights and duties of a parent or a guardian of the adoptee.

(4) A certified copy of any court order or pleading in a pending proceeding concerning custody of or visitation with the adoptee.

(5) A copy of any required preplacement assessment certified by the agency that prepared the assessment or an affidavit from the petitioner stating why the assessment is not available.

(6) A copy of any document containing the information required under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-3-205 concerning the health, social, educational, and genetic history of the adoptee and the adoptee’s original family which the petitioner received before the placement or at any later time, certified by the person who prepared it, or if this document is not available, an affidavit stating the reason why it is not available.

(7) Any signed copy of the form required by the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, Article 38 of Chapter 7B of the N.C. Gen. Stat., authorizing a minor to come into this State, or any statement required by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-2-304(c) describing the circumstances of any noncompliance.

(8) A writing that states the name of any individual whose consent is or may be required, but who has not executed a consent or a relinquishment or whose parental rights have not been legally terminated, and any fact or circumstance that may excuse the lack of consent or relinquishment.

(9) In an adoption pursuant to Article 4 of this Chapter, a copy of any agreement to release past-due child support payments.

(10) Any consent to an agency by a placing parent and adopting parents to release identifying information under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-9-109.

(11) A certificate as required by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-3-307(c), if the person who placed the minor executes a consent before receiving a copy of the preplacement assessment.

(12) A certified copy of any judgment of conviction of a crime specified under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-3-603(a)(9) establishing that an individual’s consent to adoption is not required.

Any document required under this section that is available to the petitioner when the petition is filed shall be filed with the petition. Any document required under this section that is not available when the petition is filed shall be filed as the document becomes available. The petitioner may also file any other document necessary or helpful to the court’s determination. (1949, c. 300; 1953, c. 906; 1961, c. 186; 1969, c. 911, s. 7; c. 982; 1975, c. 702, ss. 1-3; 1977, c. 879, s. 5; 1985, c. 758, ss. 10, 11; 1995, c. 457, s. 2; 1997-215, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 13(m); 2001-150, s. 3; 2005-166, s. 4; 2013-236, s. 5.)

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