North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S488: Clarify Disp. Place Analysis/IOLTA.
Status: Failed, June 26, 2025
What the bill says
An act to change the process for establishing paternity of children born out of wedlock.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO CHANGE THE PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING PATERNITY OF CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 29-19 reads as rewritten: "§ 29-19. Succession by, through and from children born out of wedlock. ... (b) For purposes of intestate succession, a child born out of wedlock shall be entitled to take by, through and from: (1) Any person who has been finally adjudged to be the father of the child pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 49-1 through 49-9 or the provisions of G.S. 49-14 through 49-16;49-16. (2) Any person who has acknowledged himself during his own lifetime and the child's lifetime to be the father of the child in a written instrument executed or acknowledged before a certifying officer named in G.S. 52-10(b) and filed during his own lifetime and the child's lifetime in the office of the clerk of superior court of the county where either he or the child resides.G.S. 52-10(b). ...." SECTION 2. G.S. 130A-101(f) reads as rewritten: "(f) If the mother was unmarried at all times from date of conception through date of birth, the name of the father shall not be entered on the certificate unless the child's mother and father complete an affidavit acknowledging paternity which contains the following: (1) …
Sponsors
- Sawrey, Benton G. (R, 10) · primary sponsor
- Mayfield, Julie (D, 49)
- Newton, Buck (R, 4)
- Overcash, Brad (R, 43)
Latest actions
- : Conf Com Appointed
- : Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- : Placed on Today's Calendar
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- : Special Message Sent To Senate
- : Passed 3rd Reading
- : Passed 2nd Reading
- : Amend Failed A1
Votes
- Clarify Disp. Place Analysis/IOLTA. Motion 9 To Concur (June 26, 2025): 1 yea, 40 nay, failed
- Clarify Disposition Placement Analysis/Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts. Second Reading (June 25, 2025): 75 yea, 34 nay, passed
- Clarify Disposition Placement Analysis/Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts. A1 Morey Second Reading (June 25, 2025): 45 yea, 64 nay, failed
- Paternity of Children Born Out of Wedlock. Second Reading (May 1, 2025): 42 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: GUARDIANSHIP, SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS., COUNTIES, FAMILY ISSUES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CHILD ABUSE, MINORS, PUBLIC
Common questions
- What is S488?
- S488 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Clarify Disp. Place Analysis/IOLTA.
- What does S488 do?
- In its own words: An act to change the process for establishing paternity of children born out of wedlock.
- What is the status of S488?
- Failed as of June 26, 2025. Latest action: Conf Com Appointed (August 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored S488?
- Sawrey, Benton G. (R, 10), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S488?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S488
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