{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-48-3-232","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-3-232","heading":"Scope.","body":"This Part applies to placement for adoption of a minor to whom any of the following applies:\n(1)\tHas been or is in foster or institutional care.\n(2)\tPreviously has been adopted in a state.\n(3)\tHas been or is being adopted under the law of a foreign country.\n(4)\tHas come or is coming to a state from a foreign country to be adopted.\n(5)\tIs not a citizen of the United States. (2025-25, s. 46(a).)","path":["Chapter 48. Adoptions.","Article 3. Adoption of Minors.","Part 2A. Information and Guidance."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_48/GS_48-3-232.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:04:02Z","sha256":"302caf154048b4be093a3b8d3eb88b593657ff4a999ceb9b08ac81011405896f","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-48-3-231","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-48-3-233"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}