North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 50A Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act and Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act

Article 1 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-1 through 50A-25. Repealed by Session Laws 1999-223, s. 1(b), effective October 1, 1999, and applicable to causes of action arising on or after that date

Article 2 - Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-101. Short title
This Article may be cited as the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. (1979, c. 110, s. 1; 1999-223, s. 3.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-102. Definitions
In this Article: (1) "Abandoned" means left without provision for reasonable and necessary care or supervision. (2) "Child" means an individual who has not...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-103. Proceedings governed by other law
This Article does not govern an adoption proceeding or a proceeding pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a child. (1999-223, s.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-104. Application to Indian tribes
(a) A child-custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child, as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq., is...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-105. International application of Article
(a) A court of this State shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-106. Effect of child-custody determination
A child-custody determination made by a court of this State that had jurisdiction under this Article binds all persons who have been served in...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-107. Priority
If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under this Article is raised in a child-custody proceeding, the question, upon request of a...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-108. Notice to persons outside State
(a) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a person is outside this State may be given in a manner prescribed by the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-109. Appearance and limited immunity
(a) A party to a child-custody proceeding, including a modification proceeding, or a petitioner or respondent in a proceeding to enforce or register a...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-110. Communication between courts
(a) A court of this State may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this Article. (b) The court...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-111. Taking testimony in another state
(a) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child-custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-112. Cooperation between courts; preservation of records
(a) A court of this State may request the appropriate court of another state to: (1) Hold an evidentiary hearing; (2) Order a person...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-201. Initial child-custody jurisdiction
(a) Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 50A-204, a court of this State has jurisdiction to make an initial child-custody determination only if: (1)...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-202. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction
(a) Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 50A-204, a court of this State which has made a child-custody determination consistent with G.S. 50A-201 or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-203. Jurisdiction to modify determination
Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 50A-204, a court of this State may not modify a child-custody determination made by a court of another...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-204. Temporary emergency jurisdiction
(a) A court of this State has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this State and the child has been abandoned...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-205. Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder
(a) Before a child-custody determination is made under this Article, notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the standards of G.S....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-206. Simultaneous proceedings
(a) Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 50A-204, a court of this State may not exercise its jurisdiction under this Part if, at the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-207. Inconvenient forum
(a) A court of this State which has jurisdiction under this Article to make a child-custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-208. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct
(a) Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 50A-204 or by other law of this State, if a court of this State has jurisdiction under...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-209. Information to be submitted to court
(a) In a child-custody proceeding, each party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidavit, shall give information, if reasonably ascertainable, under oath...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-210. Appearance of parties and child
(a) In a child-custody proceeding in this State, the court may order a party to the proceeding who is in this State to appear...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-301. Definitions
In this Part: (1) "Petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-302. Enforcement under Hague Convention
Under this Part, a court of this State may enforce an order for the return of the child made under the Hague Convention on...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-303. Duty to enforce
(a) A court of this State shall recognize and enforce a child-custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-304. Temporary visitation
(a) A court of this State which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child-custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing: (1) A...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-305. Registration of child-custody determination
(a) A child-custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this State, with or without a simultaneous request for...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-306. Enforcement of registered determination
(a) A court of this State may grant any relief normally available under the law of this State to enforce a registered child-custody determination...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-307. Simultaneous proceedings
If a proceeding for enforcement under this Part is commenced in a court of this State and the court determines that a proceeding to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-308. Expedited enforcement of child-custody determination
(a) A petition under this Part must be verified. Certified copies of all orders sought to be enforced and of any order confirming registration...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-309. Service of petition and order
Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 50A-311, the petition and order must be served, by any method authorized by the law of this State,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-310. Hearing and order
(a) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant to G.S. 50A-204 upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-311. Warrant to take physical custody of child
(a) Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of a child-custody determination, the petitioner may file a verified application for the issuance of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-312. Costs, fees, and expenses
(a) The court shall award the prevailing party, including a state, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the party, including...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-313. Recognition and enforcement
A court of this State shall accord full faith and credit to an order issued by another state and consistent with this Article which...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-314. Appeals
An appeal may be taken from a final order in a proceeding under this Part in accordance with expedited appellate procedures in other civil...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-315. Role of prosecutor or public official
(a) In a case arising under this Article or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the prosecutor or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-316. Role of law enforcement
At the request of a prosecutor or other appropriate public official acting under G.S. 50A-315, a law enforcement officer may take any lawful action...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-317. Costs and expenses
If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court may assess against the respondent all direct expenses and costs incurred by the prosecutor...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-318. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-319. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-320. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-321. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-322. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-323. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-324. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-325. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-326. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-327. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-328. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-329. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-330. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-331. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-332. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-333. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-334. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-335. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-336. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-337. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-338. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-339. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-340. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-341. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-342. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-343. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-344. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-345. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-346. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-347. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-348. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-349. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 3 - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-350. Short title
This Article may be cited as the "Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act." (2013-27, s. 3.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-351. Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Adult. - An individual who is at least 18 years of age or an emancipated minor....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-352. Remedies for noncompliance
In addition to other relief provided under the laws of this State, if a court finds that a party to a proceeding under this...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-353. Jurisdiction
(a) A court may issue an order regarding custodial responsibility under this Article only if the court has jurisdiction pursuant to Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-354. Notice required of deploying parent
(a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, a deploying parent shall, in a record, notify the other parent of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-355. Notification required for change of address
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, an individual to whom custodial responsibility has been assigned or granted during deployment...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-356. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-357. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-358. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-359. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-360. Form of agreement
(a) The parents of a child may enter into a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility during deployment. (b) An agreement under subsection (a) of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-361. Nature of authority created by agreement
(a) An agreement under this Part is temporary and terminates pursuant to Part 4 of this Article following the return from deployment of the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-362. Modification of agreement
The parents may by mutual consent modify an agreement regarding custodial responsibility made pursuant to this Part. If an agreement made under this subsection...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-363. Power of attorney
If no other parent possesses custodial responsibility or if an existing court order prohibits contact between the child and the other parent, a deploying...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-364. Filing agreement or power of attorney with court
An agreement or power of attorney created pursuant to this Part shall be filed within a reasonable period of time with any court that...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-365. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-366. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-367. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-368. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-369. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-370. Proceeding for temporary custody order
(a) After a deploying parent receives notice of deployment and during the deployment, a court may issue a temporary order granting custodial responsibility unless...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-371. Expedited hearing
The court shall conduct an expedited hearing if a motion to grant custodial responsibility is filed before a deploying parent deploys. (2013-27, s. 3.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-372. Testimony by electronic means
In a proceeding brought under this Part, a party or witness who is not reasonably available to appear personally may appear and provide testimony...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-373. Effect of prior judicial decree or agreement
In a proceeding for a grant of custodial responsibility pursuant to this Part, the following shall apply: (1) A prior judicial order designating custodial...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-374. Grant of caretaking or decision-making authority to nonparent
(a) In accordance with the laws of this State and on the motion of a deploying parent, a court may grant caretaking authority of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-375. Grant of limited contact
(a) In accordance with laws of this State and on motion of a deploying parent, a court shall grant limited contact with a child...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-376. Nature of authority created by order
(a) A grant made pursuant to this Part is temporary and terminates pursuant to Part 4 of this Article following the return from deployment...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-377. Content of temporary custody order
(a) An order granting custodial responsibility under this Part shall (i) designate the order as temporary and (ii) identify to the extent feasible the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-378. Order for child support
If a court has issued an order providing for grant of caretaking authority under this Part, or an agreement granting caretaking authority has been...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-379. Modifying or terminating assignment or grant of custodial responsibility to nonparent
(a) Except for an order in accordance with G.S. 50A-373 or as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, and consistent with the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-380. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-381. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-382. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-383. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-384. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-385. Procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by agreement
(a) At any time following return from deployment, a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility under Part 2 of this Article may be terminated by...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-386. Consent procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order
At any time following return from deployment, the deploying parent and the other parent may file with the court an agreement to terminate a...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-387. Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility
After a deploying parent returns from deployment and until a temporary agreement or order for custodial responsibility established under Part 2 or Part 3...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-388. Termination by operation of law of temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order
(a) A temporary order for custodial responsibility issued under Part 3 of this Article shall terminate, if no agreement between the parties to terminate...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-389. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-390. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-391. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-392. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-393. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-394. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-395. Uniformity of application and construction
In applying and construing this Article, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50A-396. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
This Article modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. 7001, et seq., but does not...

Last modified: March 23, 2014