North Carolina § 48-3-202 - Direct placement for adoption.
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§ 48-3-202. Direct placement for adoption.
In a direct placement, a parent or guardian must personally select a prospective adoptive parent, but a parent or guardian may obtain assistance from another person or entity, or an adoption facilitator, in locating or evaluating a prospective adoptive parent, subject to the limitations of Article 10 of this Chapter. Information about a prospective adoptive parent shall be provided to a prospective placing parent or guardian by the prospective adoptive parent, the prospective adoptive parent's attorney, or a person or entity assisting the parent or guardian. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, this information shall include the preplacement assessment prepared pursuant to Part 3 of this Article, and may include additional information requested by the parent or guardian. The agency preparing the preplacement assessment may redact from the preplacement assessment the information described in G.S. 48-3-303(c)(12). History (1995, c. 457, s. 2; 2001-150, s. 6; 2015-54, s. 6.) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2015-54, s. 6, effective June 4, 2015, in subsection (b), inserted "prospective placing" in the first sentence, and rewrote the last sentence.
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 48-3-202 ("Direct placement for adoption.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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