{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-48-3-501","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-3-501","heading":"Petitioner entitled to custody in direct placement adoptions.","body":"Unless the court orders otherwise, when a parent or guardian places the adoptee directly with the petitioner, the petitioner acquires that parent's or guardian's right to legal and continuing physical custody of the adoptee and becomes a person responsible for the care and support of the adoptee, after the earliest of:\n(1)\tThe execution of consent by the parent or guardian who placed the adoptee;\n(2)\tThe filing of a petition for adoption by the petitioner; or\n(3)\tThe execution of a document by a parent or guardian having legal and physical custody of a minor temporarily transferring custody to the petitioner, pending the execution of a consent. (1949, c. 300; 1995, c. 457, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 48. Adoptions.","Article 3. Adoption of Minors.","Part 5. Custody of Minors Pending Final Decree of Adoption."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_48/GS_48-3-501.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:04:02Z","sha256":"d7696db37c767172d1704fc34e213345f3975cec1f6ecc07c0a7ff53297130cc","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-48-3-402","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-48-3-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}