§ 8-57.2. Presumed father or mother as witnesses where paternity at issue. - North Carolina Statutes

§8‑57.2.  Presumed father or mother as witnesses where paternity at issue.

Whenever an issue of paternityof a child born or conceived during a marriage arises in any civil or criminalproceeding, the presumed father or the mother of such child is competent togive evidence as to any relevant matter regarding paternity of the child,including nonaccess to the present or former spouse, regardless of anyprivilege which may otherwise apply. No parent offering such evidence shallthereafter be prosecuted based upon that evidence for any criminal act involvedin the conception of the child whose paternity is in issue and/or for whomsupport is sought, except for perjury committed in this testimony. (1981,c. 634, s. 1.)