North Carolina Adoption Law
Permits single GLBT individuals to petition to adopt? Yes.
North Carolina law permits any adult to petition to adopt. N.C. GEN. STAT. § 48-1-103.
Permits a same-sex couple to jointly petition to adopt? No.
State law provides that, “If the individual who files the petition is unmarried, no other individual may join in the petition.” (N.C. GEN. STAT. § 48-2-301)
Permits a same-sex partner to petition to adopt partner’s child or child of the relationship? No explicit prohibition.
There is no explicit prohibition, but no state court has heard the issue of whether a same-sex partner can or can not petition to adopt a partner’s child or child of the relationship.
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Last Updated: 1/22/2008