{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-110-128","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 110-128","heading":"Purposes.","body":"The purposes of this Article are to provide for the financial support of dependent children; to enforce spousal support when a child support order is being enforced; to provide that public assistance paid to dependent children is a supplement to the support required to be provided by the responsible parent; to provide that the payment of public assistance creates a debt to the State; to provide that the acceptance of public assistance operates as an assignment of the right to child support; to provide for the location of absent parents; to provide for a determination that a responsible parent is able to support his children; and to provide for enforcement of the responsible parent's obligation to furnish support and to provide for the establishment and administration of a program of child support enforcement in North Carolina. (1975, c. 827, s. 1; 1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1186, s. 1; 1985, c. 506, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 110. Child Welfare.","Article 9. Child Support."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_110/GS_110-128.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:16:47Z","sha256":"502006ba8ae1d65db1328f9dac65ac31a1be4a3eab387f2bc96f8bc592b862b3","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-110-124-through-110-127","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-110-129"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}