GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 297

HOUSE BILL 351

AN ACT TO REDUCE THE TRAUMA TO A CHILD VICTIM BY CLARIFYING THAT CHILD PROTECTION AGENCIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO SHARE INFORMATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-675 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(i)       In the case of a child victim, a judge may order the sharing of information among such public agencies as the judge deems necessary to reduce the trauma to the child victim."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of June, 1987.