GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 333
HOUSE BILL 616

AN ACT TO ALLOW FOR THE CHANGING OF A CHILD'S NAME BY PETITION NOT MORE THAN TWO TIMES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 101-6 reads as rewritten:
"§ 101-6.  Effect of change; only one change, except as provided.
(a)	When the order is made and the applicant's name changed, he is entitled to all the privileges and protection under his new name as he would have been under the old name. No person shall be allowed to change his name under this Chapter but once, except that he shall be permitted to resume his former name upon compliance with the requirements and procedure set forth in this Chapter for change of name, and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
(b)	For good cause shown, and upon compliance with the requirements and procedure set forth in this Chapter for change of name, the name of a minor child may be changed not more than two times under this Chapter."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of June, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives