{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-3505","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-3505","heading":"Final decree of emancipation.","body":"After reviewing the considerations for emancipation, the court may enter a decree of emancipation if the court determines:\n(1)\tThat all parties are properly before the court or were duly served and failed to appear and that time for filing an answer has expired;\n(2)\tThat the petitioner has shown a proper and lawful plan for adequately providing for the petitioner's needs and living expenses;\n(3)\tThat the petitioner is knowingly seeking emancipation and fully understands the ramifications of the act; and\n(4)\tThat emancipation is in the best interests of the petitioner.\nThe decree shall set out the court's findings.\nIf the court determines that the criteria in subdivisions (1) through (4) are not met, the court shall order the proceeding dismissed. (1979, c. 815, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 6.)","path":["Chapter 7B. Juvenile Code.","SUBCHAPTER IV. PARENTAL AUTHORITY; EMANCIPATION.","Article 35. Emancipation."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7B/GS_7B-3505.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:32Z","sha256":"a49354e92b64029e8eb0ae320e914f2dc1fa99f606c77f9ce9dfe3f30e3cca24","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-3504","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7b-3506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}