NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 967

SENATE BILL 922

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 50 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO REQUIRE CHILD CUSTODY AWARD ORDERS TO CONTAIN FINDINGS OF FACT TO SUPPORT SUCH ORDERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 50-13. 2(a) is hereby amended by adding a new sentence immediately following the word "child." and immediately preceding the word "Provided" on line 4 of that subsection to read as follows:

"An order awarding custody must contain findings of fact which support the determination by the judge of the best interest of the child."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.