North Carolina § 7B-1603 - Jurisdiction in certain circumstances.

§ 7B-1603. Jurisdiction in certain circumstances.

The court has exclusive original jurisdiction of all of the following proceedings: Proceedings under the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children set forth in Article 38 of this Chapter. Proceedings involving judicial consent for emergency surgical or medical treatment for a juvenile when the juvenile's parent, guardian, custodian, or person who has assumed the status and obligation of a parent without being awarded legal custody of the juvenile by a court refuses to consent for treatment to be rendered. Proceedings to determine whether a juvenile should be emancipated. Proceedings in which a juvenile has been ordered pursuant to G.S. 5A-32(b) to appear and show cause why the juvenile should not be held in contempt. History (1979, c. 815, s. 1; 1983, c. 837, s. 1; 1985, c. 459, s. 2; 1987, c. 409, s. 2; 1995, c. 328, s. 3; c. 462, s. 2; 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 23.2(c); 1998-202, s. 6; 2007-168, s. 3.) Legal Periodicals. - For survey of 1979 family law, see 58 N.C.L. Rev. 1471 (1980). For article, "Juvenile Justice in Transition - A New Juvenile Code for North Carolina," see 16 Wake Forest L. Rev. 1 (1980). For article on the efficacy of a probable cause requirement in juvenile proceedings, see 59 N.C.L. Rev. 723 (1981). For article discussing 1983 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure relative to magistrate practice, comparing state court magistrate practice, and making certain suggestions, see 20 Wake Forest L. Rev. 819 (1984). For article, "Re-Imaging Childhood and Reconstructing the Legal Order: the Case for Abolishing the Juvenile Court," see 69 N.C.L. Rev. 1083 (1991).