Bill Summary for H 219 (2013-2014)

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Bill: UPDATE REFERENCES/CHILD BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK (NEW).

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Mar 5 2013
S.L. 2013-198

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View NCGA Bill Details2013-2014 Session
House Bill 219 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 5, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MODERNIZE THE WAYS CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK ARE REFERENCED IN THE GENERAL STATUTES BY REMOVING REFERENCES TO "ILLEGITIMATE" WHEN USED IN CONNECTION WITH AN INDIVIDUAL AND TO "BASTARDY", TO ALLOW A CHILD BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK TO INHERIT FROM A PERSON WHO DIED PRIOR TO OR WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE BIRTH OF THAT CHILD IF PATERNITY CAN BE ESTABLISHED BY DNA TESTING, AND TO MAKE OTHER TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE STATUTES BEING AMENDED.
Intro. by Glazier, Stam, Faircloth, Michaux.

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Amends GS 7A-27(a) as the title indicates (was, right of direct appeal to the NC Supreme Court required a first degree murder conviction and a death sentence from Superior Court judgment). Effective October 1, 2013, and applies to appeals filed in first degree murder cases on or after that date.