GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 235

Committee Substitute Favorable 4/5/11

Senate Judiciary II Committee Substitute Adopted 6/7/12

Short Title:        Amend Grounds/Termination of Parental Rights.	(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

March 7, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to amend the laws pertaining to termination of parental rights to include conviction of a sexually related offense that results in the conception of the juvenile as a basis for termination of parental rights.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 7B-1111(a) is amended by adding the following subdivision to read:

"(a)       The court may terminate the parental rights upon a finding of one or more of the following:

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(11) The parent has been convicted of a sexually related offense under Chapter 14 of the General Statutes that resulted in the conception of the juvenile."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2012.