GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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SENATE BILL 996
     

 
Short Title:	Amend Grounds for TPR.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Garrou;  Dalton, Hagan, and Weinstein.	
Referred to:	Judiciary II.	
April 5, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ADd a GROUND UPON WHICH TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS may be granted.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7B‑1111(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(10)	The juvenile is in the custody or placement responsibility of a county department of social services and the juvenile's parent is incarcerated and is likely to remain incarcerated for such length of time as to seriously undermine the parent-child relationship. In making the determination as to whether the parent-child relationship is seriously undermined, the court shall consider and make findings of fact concerning the following factors:
a.	The length of imprisonment.
b.	Age of the juvenile.
c.	The juvenile's previous relationship with the parent."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2002, and applies to actions filed on or after that date.