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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
 SESSION 2025
-S 1
-SENATE BILL 488
+S D
+SENATE BILL DRS45277-NJ-18
 
 Short Title: Paternity of Children Born Out of Wedlock. (Public)
 Sponsors: Senator Sawrey (Primary Sponsor).
-Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
-March 26, 2025
-*S488-v-1*
+Referred to:
+
+*DRS45277-NJ-18*
 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
 AN ACT TO CHANGE THE PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING PATERNITY OF CHILDREN 2
 BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK. 3
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 (b) For purposes of intestate succession, a child born out of wedlock shall be entitled to 8
 take by, through and from: 9
 (1) Any person who has been finally adjudged to be the father of the child 10
-pursuant to the provisions of G.S.  49-1 through 49 -9 or the provisions of 11
+pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 49-1 through 49 -9 or the provisions of 11
 G.S. 49-14 through 49-16;49-16. 12
 (2) Any person who has acknowledged himself during his own lifetime and the 13
 child's lifetime to be the father of the child in a written instrument executed or 14
-acknowledged before a certifyin g officer named in G.S. 52-10(b) and filed 15
+acknowledged before a certifying officer named in G.S. 52-10(b) and filed 15
 during his own lifetime and the child's lifetime in the office of the clerk of 16
 superior court of the county where either he or the child resides.G.S. 52-10(b). 17
 …." 18
 SECTION 2.  G.S. 130A-101(f) reads as rewritten: 19
 "(f) If the mother was unmarried at all times from date of conception through date of birth, 20
-the name of the father shall not be entered on the certificate unless the child's mother and father 21
+the name of the father shall not be entered on the certificate unless the child 's mother and father 21
 complete an affidavit acknowledging paternity which contains the following: 22
 (1) A sworn statement by the mother consenting to the assertion of paternity by 23
 the father and declaring that the father is the child's natural father and that the 24
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 Division of Social Services, shall develop and disseminate a form affidavit for use in compliance 34
 with this section, together with an information sheet that contains all the information required to 35
 be disclosed by subdivision (3) of this subsection. 36
+FILED SENATE
+Mar 25, 2025
+S.B. 488
+PRINCIPAL CLERK
 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
-Page 2  Senate Bill 488-First Edition
+Page 2  DRS45277-NJ-18
 Upon the execution of the affidavit, the declaring father shall be listed as the father on the 1
-birth certificate, subject to the declaring father's right to rescind under G.S.  110-132. The 2
+birth certificate, subject to the declaring father 's right to rescind under G.S. 110-132. The 2
 executed affidavit shall be filed with the registrar along with the birth certificate. In the event 3
-paternity is properly placed at  issue, a certified copy of the affidavit shall be admissible in any 4
+paternity is properly placed at issue, a certified copy of the affidavit shall be admissible in any 4
 action to establish paternity. The surname of the child shall be determined by the mother, except 5
 if the father's name is entered on the certificate, the mother and father shall agree upon the child's 6
 surname. If there is no agreement, the child's surname shall be the same as that of the mother. 7