When a decree of adoption becomes final, the name of the adoptee shall become the name designated in the decree.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-1-105
Name of adoptee after adoption
1949, c. 300; 1951, c. 730, ss. 1-4; 1955, c. 951, s. 1; 1967, c. 880, s. 3; c. 1042, ss. 1-3; 1969, c. 21, s. 2-6; c. 977; 1971, c. 1231, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; c. 849, ss…
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