{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8-57.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8-57.1","heading":"Husband-wife privilege waived in child abuse.","body":"Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 8-56 and G.S. 8-57, the husband-wife privilege shall not be ground for excluding evidence regarding the abuse or neglect of a child under the age of 16 years or regarding an illness of or injuries to such child or the cause thereof in any judicial proceeding related to a report pursuant to the Child Abuse Reporting Law, Article 3 of Chapter 7B of the General Statutes of North Carolina. (1971, c. 710, s. 3; 1998-202, s. 13(d).)","path":["Chapter 8. Evidence.","Article 7. Competency of Witnesses."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_8/GS_8-57.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:37Z","sha256":"84f67a930238eb3e8b1403e4089d26555a76091a7241c07f88d5aa7b2101ffa5","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8-57","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8-57.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}