{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-2604","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2604","heading":"Proper parties for appeal.","body":"(a)\tAn appeal may be taken by the juvenile, the juvenile's parent, guardian, or custodian, a county, or the State.\n(b)\tThe State's appeal is limited to the following orders in delinquency or undisciplined cases:\n(1)\tAn order finding a State statute to be unconstitutional; and\n(2)\tAny order which terminates the prosecution of a petition by upholding the defense of double jeopardy, by holding that a cause of action is not stated under a statute, or by granting a motion to suppress.\n(c)\tA county's appeal is limited to orders in which the county has been ordered to pay for medical, surgical, psychiatric, psychological, or other evaluation or treatment of a juvenile pursuant to G.S. 7B-2502, or other medical, psychiatric, psychological, or other evaluation or treatment of a parent pursuant to G.S. 7B-2702. (1979, c. 815, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 6; 2003-171, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 7B. Juvenile Code.","SUBCHAPTER II. UNDISCIPLINED AND DELINQUENT JUVENILES.","Article 26. Modification and Enforcement of Dispositional Orders; Appeals."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7B/GS_7B-2604.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:32Z","sha256":"0b4ab333a315625ae28d3693c628fbf2af6bf22e8092765b8f0618e6e665f0a7","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-2603","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-2605"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}