GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION
CHAPTER 324
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE DEFINITION OF NEGLECTED JUVENILE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 7A-517(21) reads as rewritten:
"(21) Neglected Juvenile. - A juvenile who
does not receive proper care, supervision, or discipline from his the
juvenile's parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker; or who has been
abandoned; or who is not provided necessary medical care or other care;
or who is not provided necessary remedial care care; recognized
under State law, or who lives in an environment injurious to his
welfare, the juvenile's welfare; or who has been placed for care or
adoption in violation of law. In determining whether a juvenile is a
neglected juvenile, it is relevant whether that juvenile lives in a home where
another juvenile has died as a result of abuse or neglect or lives in a home
where another juvenile has been subjected to sexual abuse or severe physical
abuse by an adult who regularly lives in the home."
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 1993, and applies to adjudications for acts or omissions on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of July, 1993.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives