As used in this Article, the term "parent" includes one who has become a parent by adoption.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-1-102
Parent includes adoptive parent
1949, c. 300; 1953, c. 880; 1957, c. 778, s. 1; 1961, c. 241; 1969, c. 982; 1971, c. 157, ss. 1, 2; c. 1231, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; 1975, c. 321, s. 2; 1977, c. 879, s. 1; …
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