North Carolina § 7B-800 - Amendment of petition.
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§ 7B-800. Amendment of petition.
The court, in its discretion, may permit a petition to be amended. The court shall direct the manner in which an amended petition shall be served and the time allowed for a party to prepare after the petition has been amended. History (1979, c. 815, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 6; 1999-456, s. 60; 2010-90, s. 11.) Editor's Note. - Articles 1-11, of Subchapter I of Chapter 7B , as enacted by Session Laws 1998-202, s. 6, and amended by Session Laws 1998-229, ss. 18 through 28, and Session Laws 1999-456, s. 60, are effective July 1, 1999, and applicable to abuse, neglect, and dependency reports received, petitions filed, and reviews commenced on or after that date. Section 5 of Session Laws 1998-202, also effective July 1, 1999, repealed the former North Carolina Juvenile Code, Articles 41 through 59 of Chapter 7A , along with additional related provisions. Where applicable, historical citations and case annotations to former sections have been added to the corresponding sections in new Chapter 7B . At the end of new Chapter 7B are tables showing comparable sections and their disposition of new Chapter 7B . Session Laws 1998-202, s. 36, contains a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2010-90, s. 11, effective July 11, 2010, rewrote the first sentence, and added the second sentence. Legal Periodicals. - For survey of 1979 family law, see 58 N.C.L. Rev. 1471 (1980). For article, "The Nature of Abuse: Clerical v. Material Error: Where Does North Carolina Stand?," see 32 N.C. Cent. L. Rev. 226 (2010).
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