All proceedings under this Chapter must be heard by the court without a jury.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48-2-202
No right to jury
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 162 N.C. App. 328 - In Re Adoption of Shuler (2004)
Most recently applied in 248 N.C. App. 179 - In re Adoption Of: C.H.M. (July 2016)
1995, c. 457, s. 2.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.