House committee substitute to the 3rd edition makes the following changes.

Amends GS 130A-101(f) (pertaining to affidavits of paternity) to remove provision requiring that an affidavit of paternity be filed with the clerk of court in order for a child born out of wedlock to inherit under a putative parent’s estate.

Amends GS 50-16.3A by making clarifying changes and deleting provision requiring that the court award alimony to the dependent spouse if the court finds that the supporting spouse engages in cohabitation at any time during the marriage until a decree of divorce.

Deletes amendments to GS 50-16.2A (postseparation support) that would have required that a court enter an award of postseparation support to a dependent spouse if the court finds that the supporting spouse participated in an act of illicit sexual behavior. Also would have required that if a court finds that the supporting spouse engaged in cohabitation during the marriage until a decree of divorce, then the court must order that alimony be paid to the dependent spouse.

Amends GS 50-16.9 (modification of order for alimony or postseparation support) to require a court to terminate alimony if a dependent spouse who is receiving postseparation support from a supporting spouse under a judgment or order of a court of this State engages in an act of illicit sexual behavior, as defined in GS 50-16.1A(3)a (acts of sexual or deviate sexual intercourse, deviate sexual acts, or sexual acts defined in GS 14-27.20(4) [Cunnilingus, fellatio, analingus, or anal intercourse, but does not include vaginal intercourse, or the penetration, however slight, by any object into the genital or anal opening of another person's body]), voluntarily engaged in by a spouse with someone other than the other spouse. Effective October 1, 2023.

Makes organizational changes.