GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION
CHAPTER 574
AN ACT TO ADD ADULTERY AS A GROUND FOR DIVORCE FROM BED AND BOARD.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 50-7 is amended by inserting the words "if either party" between the word "cases" and the colon on the second line, and by rewriting subdivision (1) to read:
"(1) Abandons his or her family."
Sec. 2. G.S. 50-7 is further amended by adding a new subdivision to the end to read:
"(6) Commits adultery."
Sec. 3. This act shall become effective October 1, 1985.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of July, 1985.