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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 110-128 (2026)

Purposes

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The purposes of this Article are to provide for the financial support of dependent children; to enforce spousal support when a child support order is being enforced; to provide that public assistance paid to dependent children is a supplement to the support required to be provided by the responsible parent; to provide that the payment of public assistance creates a debt to the State; to provide that the acceptance of public assistance operates as an assignment of the right to child support; to provide for the location of absent parents; to provide for a determination that a responsible parent is able to support his children; and to provide for enforcement of the responsible parent's obligation to furnish support and to provide for the establishment and administration of a program of child support enforcement in North Carolina. (1975, c. 827, s. 1; 1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1186, s. 1; 1985, c. 506, s. 2.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases, 1981–2008 · leading case: Settle by & Through Sullivan v. Beasley, 308 S.E.2d 288 (N.C. 1983).
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Settle by & Through Sullivan v. Beasley, 308 S.E.2d 288 (N.C. 1983). · cites it 4× “She is in either case required to cooperate with the county in the trial of the action.”
Rosero v. Blake, 563 S.E.2d 248 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 4× “2d 865, 867 (1981) (quoting N.C. Gen.Stat. § 110-128 (1999)). However, "`[t]he entire thrust of a civil action under G.”
Cnty. of Rutherford Ex Rel. Its Child Support Enf't Agency Ex Rel. Hedrick v. Whitener, 394 S.E.2d 263 (N.C. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 3× “See generally N.C.G.S. §§ 110-128 through 110-141 (1988).”
Carter v. Morrow, 562 F. Supp. 311 (W.D.N.C. 1983). · cites it 3× “See N.C.G.S. § 110-128 et seq. The Act requires each state to develop and adopt, with federal approval, a plan for the delivery of IV-D services, and spells out in considerable detail what that plan shall contain.”
Guilford Cnty. ex rel. Child Support Enf't Unit v. Davis, 473 S.E.2d 640 (N.C. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 4× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 110-128 (1995). For these reasons, we affirm the orders of the trial court.”
Wake Cnty. Ex Rel. Carrington v. Townes, 281 S.E.2d 765 (N.C. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “; G.S. 110-128 (1979 Cum. Supp.). The County has a statutory duty to bring paternity proceedings against, and to establish support obligations from, putative fathers.”
Sampson Cnty. Child Support Enf't Agency Ex Rel. Bolton v. Bolton, 377 S.E.2d 88 (N.C. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 6× “N.C.G.S. § 110-128 et seq.; see Note, 65 N.”
Durham Cnty. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Williams, 277 S.E.2d 865 (N.C. Ct. App. 1981). “G.S. 110-128. It is, therefore, at once clear that the provisions of Chapter 110 have no application, and there is no enforceable duty to support a child under that Chapter, until somebody is determined to be a “responsible parent.”
Guilford Cnty. Ex Rel. Holt v. Puckett, 664 S.E.2d 362 (N.C. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 8× “N.C. Gen.Stat. § 110-128 (2007). Plaintiff mother has been receiving financial support for her child from plaintiff agency, and nothing in the record suggests she will lose that support regardless of the outcome of this appeal.”
Wilkes Cnty., Child Support Enf't Agency v. Gentry, 319 S.E.2d 224 (N.C. 1984). · cites it 2× “Furthermore, we have treated plaintiffs action as one instituted pursuant to G.S. § 110-128, et seq., to recover past public assistance.”
Guilford Cnty. Child Sup. Enf. v. Davis, 473 S.E.2d 640 (N.C. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 4× “N.C. Gen.Stat. § 110-128 (1995). For these reasons, we affirm the orders of the trial court.”
State ex rel. Terry v. Marrow, 321 S.E.2d 575 (N.C. Ct. App. 1984). “G.S. 110-128 addresses the broad purposes of this Artide: The purposes of this Artide are to provide for the financial support of dependent children; to provide that public assistance paid to dependent children is a supplement to the support required to be provided by the…”
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