For the purposes of custody, the rights of a person who is mentally or physically incapable of self-support upon reaching his majority shall be the same as a minor child for so long as he remains mentally or physically incapable of self-support.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13.8
Custody of persons incapable of self-support upon reaching majority
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 202 N.C. App. 509 - McKoy v. McKoy (2010)
Most recently applied in Johns v. Welker (July 2013)
1967, c. 1153, s. 2; 1971, c. 218, s. 3; 1973, c. 476, s. 133; 1979, c. 838, s. 29; 1989, c. 210.
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.