48-10-101. Prohibited activities in placement. (a) No one other than a person or entity specified in G.S. 48-3-201 may place a minor for adoption. No one other than a person or entity specified in G.S. 48-3-201, or an adoption facilitator, may solicit potential adoptive parents for children in need of adoption. No one other than […]
48-10-102. Unlawful payments related to adoption. (a) Except as provided in G.S. 48-10-103, a person or entity may not pay or give, offer to pay or give, or request, receive or accept any money or anything of value, directly or indirectly, for: (1) The placement of a minor for adoption; (2) The consent of a […]
48-10-103. Lawful payments related to adoption. (a) An adoptive parent, or another person acting on behalf of an adoptive parent, may pay the reasonable and actual fees and expenses for: (1) Services of an agency in connection with an adoption; (2) Medical, hospital, nursing, pharmaceutical, traveling, or other similar expenses incurred by a mother or […]
48-10-104. Failure to disclose nonidentifying information. An adoptive parent, an adoptee, or any person who is the subject of any information required under G.S. 48-3-205 or authorized for release under Article 9 of this Chapter may bring a civil action for equitable or monetary relief or both against a person who fraudulently or intentionally misrepresents […]
48-10-105. Unauthorized disclosure of information. (a) Except as authorized in G.S. 48-3-205 or in Article 9 of this Chapter, no identifying or nonidentifying information contained in a report or records described therein may be disclosed by present or former employees or officials of the court, an agency, the State, a county, an attorney or other […]
