{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-48-2-501","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-2-501","heading":"Report to the court during proceeding for adoption of a minor.","body":"(a)\tWhenever a petition for adoption of a minor is filed, the court shall order a report to the court made to assist the court to determine if the proposed adoption of the minor by the petitioner is in the minor's best interest.\n(b)\tConsistent with G.S. 48-1-109, the court shall order the report to be prepared:\n(1)\tBy the agency that placed the minor;\n(2)\tBy the agency that made the preplacement assessment pursuant to Part 3 of Article 3 of this Chapter; or\n(3)\tBy another agency.\n(c)\tThe court shall provide the individual who prepares the report with copies of:\n(1)\tThe petition to adopt; and\n(2)\tThe documents filed with it.\n(d)\tThe following exceptions apply in this section:\n(1)\tIn any stepparent adoption under Article 4 of this Chapter in which the minor has lived with the stepparent for at least the two consecutive years immediately preceding the filing of the petition, the court may order a report. However, the court is not required to order a report unless the minor's consent is to be waived, the minor has revoked a consent, or both of the minor's parents are dead.\n(2)\tIn any adoption of a minor by the minor's grandparent in which the minor has lived with the grandparent for at least the two consecutive years immediately preceding the filing of the petition, the court may order a report. However, the court is not required to order a report unless the minor's consent is to be waived, the minor has revoked a consent, or the minor is eligible for adoption assistance pursuant to G.S. 108A-49. (1949, c. 300; 1961, c. 186; 1969, c. 982; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; 1983, c. 454, s. 5; 1991, c. 335, s. 2; 1995, c. 457, s. 2; 1997-215, s. 12(a); 2009-185, s. 4.)","path":["Chapter 48. Adoptions.","Article 2. General Adoption Procedure.","Part 5. Report to the Court."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_48/GS_48-2-501.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:04:02Z","sha256":"7c77e73b48d2b26961e1586a1b3e1d7e129f3ed1dfa11382b44ad5f35e648f88","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-48-2-407","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-48-2-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}