{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-1603","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1603","heading":"Jurisdiction in certain circumstances.","body":"The court has exclusive original jurisdiction of all of the following proceedings:\n(1)\tProceedings under the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children set forth in Article 38 of this Chapter.\n(2)\tProceedings involving judicial consent for emergency surgical or medical treatment for a juvenile when the juvenile's parent, guardian, custodian, or person who has assumed the status and obligation of a parent without being awarded legal custody of the juvenile by a court refuses to consent for treatment to be rendered.\n(3)\tProceedings to determine whether a juvenile should be emancipated.\n(4)\tProceedings in which a juvenile has been ordered pursuant to G.S. 5A-32(b) to appear and show cause why the juvenile should not be held in contempt. (1979, c. 815, s. 1; 1983, c. 837, s. 1; 1985, c. 459, s. 2; 1987, c. 409, s. 2; 1995, c. 328, s. 3; c. 462, s. 2; 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 23.2(c); 1998-202, s. 6; 2007-168, s. 3.)","path":["Chapter 7B. Juvenile Code.","SUBCHAPTER II. UNDISCIPLINED AND DELINQUENT JUVENILES.","Article 16. Jurisdiction."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7B/GS_7B-1603.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:32Z","sha256":"f7b218852cb5c3f77bf58580cc6366a99980a15cff6d298695605bda75b6d8a1","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-1602","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-1604"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}