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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-2 (2026)

Age of minors

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A minor is any person who has not reached the age of 18 years. (1971, c. 585, s. 1;  2003-207, s. 1.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 22 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1972–2026 · leading case: Swanson v. Herschel, 622 S.E.2d 159 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005).
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Swanson v. Herschel, 622 S.E.2d 159 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “First, defendant argues that the trial court erred in ruling that the plaintiff's actions did not constitute willful contempt.”
Chavez v. Wadlington, 821 S.E.2d 289 (N.C. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 3× “Gen. Stat. § 50-13.1 (a). However, B.J.W.”
Williams v. Williams, 387 S.E.2d 217 (N.C. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 4× “Defendant relies on N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-2 (1984), which defines a minor as “any person who has not reached the age of 18 years,” and N.”
In Re the Est. of Lunsford, 547 S.E.2d 483 (N.C. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “N.C. Gen.Stat. § 48A-2 (1999) states that "[a] minor is any person who has not reached the age of 18 years.”
Regan v. Smith, 509 S.E.2d 452 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “In one sense, all child custody orders are “temporary”: they are subject to modification, see, e.g., N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13.7 (a) (1995), and they terminate once the child reaches the age of majority, see N.”
Shaffner v. Shaffner, 244 S.E.2d 444 (N.C. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 2× “We are not unmindful of the fact that at the time the separation agreement became effective, 20 April 1965, twenty-one (21) was the age of majority, and that the subsequent enactment of G.S. 48A-2 lowered the age *589 of majority from twenty-one (21) to eighteen (18) years of…”
James Farmer v. State of Florida, 268 So. 3d 1009 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019). · cites it 2× “Law § 3-101 (McKinney 2018); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-2 (2018); N.D. Cent.”
Ballard v. Weast, 465 S.E.2d 565 (N.C. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 3× “N.C.G.S. § 48A-2 (1984). Under the November policy, a student who is eighteen or older may establish a domicile independent of his or her parents, legal guardian, or legal custodian.”
Smith v. Smith, 465 S.E.2d 52 (N.C. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “In support of this argument defendant apparently relies on N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-2 (1984), which defines a minor as “any person who has not reached the age of 18 years,” and N.”
Crouch v. Crouch, 187 S.E.2d 348 (N.C. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 3× “” G.S. 48A-2 provides: “A minor is any person who has not reached the age of 18 years.”
Pieper v. Pieper, 368 S.E.2d 422 (N.C. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-2. Thus, petitioner’s Iowa supplemental decree imposes upon respondent a support duty not imposable under North Carolina law and hence not enforceable under our URESA.”
Harding v. Harding, 225 S.E.2d 590 (N.C. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 2× “” On 5 July 1971, after entry of the original consent decree but before entry of any of the subsequent orders, G.S. 48A-2 became effective. It provides that “[a] minor is any person who has not reached the age of 18 years.”
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