North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 110. Child Welfare § 110-47. Enticing a child from institution

It is unlawful for any person to entice or attempt to entice, persuade, harbor, or conceal, or in any manner induce any indigent child to leave any of the institutions hereinbefore mentioned without the knowledge or consent of the authorities of such institutions.  But this Article shall not interfere with a mother's right to her child in case she becomes able to sustain her child;  and the county commissioners in the county in which she resides shall in case of doubt have authority to recommend to the institution concerning the child.