§ 7B-3700 – Consent required for bringing child into State for placement or adoption.
7B-3700. Consent required for bringing child into State for placement or adoption. (a) No person, agency, association, institution, or corporation shall bring or send into the State any child for the purpose of giving custody of the child to some person in the State or procuring adoption by some person in the State without first […]
§ 7B-3701 – Bond required.
7B-3701. Bond required. The Social Services Commission may, in its discretion, require of a person, agency, association, institution, or corporation which brings or sends a child into the State with the written consent of the Department of Health and Human Services, as provided by G.S. 7B-3700, a continuing bond in a penal sum not in […]
§ 7B-3702 – Consent required for removing child from State.
7B-3702. Consent required for removing child from State. No child shall be taken or sent out of the State for the purpose of placing the child in a foster home or in a child-caring institution without first obtaining the written consent of the Department of Health and Human Services. The foster home or child-caring institution […]
§ 7B-3703 – Violation of Article a misdemeanor.
7B-3703. Violation of Article a misdemeanor. Every person acting for himself or for an agency who violates any of the provisions of this Article or who shall intentionally make any false statements to the Social Services Commission or the Secretary or an employee thereof acting for the Department of Health and Human Services in an […]
§ 7B-3704 – Definitions.
7B-3704. Definitions. The term "Department" wherever used in this Article shall be construed to mean the Department of Health and Human Services. The term "Secretary" wherever used in this Article shall be construed to mean the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. (1931, c. 226, s. 8; 1957, c. 100, s. 1; […]
§ 7B-3705 – Application of Article.
7B-3705. Application of Article. None of the provisions of this Article shall apply when a child is brought into or sent into, or taken out of, or sent out of the State, by the guardian of the person of such child, or by a parent, stepparent, grandparent, uncle or aunt of such child, or by […]