South Carolina Code — 63
Browse 775 sections in division 63 of the South Carolina code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 63-1-10. Short title.
- § 63-1-20. Policy.
- § 63-1-30. Construction of title.
- § 63-1-40. Definitions.
- § 63-1-45. Definitions; homeless children and youth.
- § 63-1-50. Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children.
- § 63-3-10. Family courts created.
- § 63-3-20. Family court judges.
- § 63-3-30. Judges' qualifications and terms.
- § 63-3-40. Initial election.
- § 63-3-50. Compensation of judges.
- § 63-3-60. Retirement for abolished officers.
- § 63-3-310. Administration of family court system.
- § 63-3-320. Rotation of judges.
- § 63-3-330. Assignment of cases.
- § 63-3-340. Temporary assignment of judges.
- § 63-3-350. Physical facilities.
- § 63-3-360. Expenses of family courts.
- § 63-3-370. Fees and costs.
- § 63-3-510. Exclusive original jurisdiction.
- § 63-3-520. Traffic and wildlife jurisdiction.
- § 63-3-530. Jurisdiction in domestic matters.
- § 63-3-540. Cooperation of agencies, government entities, and institutions.
- § 63-3-545. Clerk of family court shall report the issuance, rescission, or termination of any permanent restraining orders and orders of protection.
- § 63-3-550. Standing to institute a proceeding regarding neglected or delinquent child.
- § 63-3-560. Venue.
- § 63-3-570. Service of summons.
- § 63-3-580. Failure to obey summons.
- § 63-3-590. Conduct of hearings.
- § 63-3-600. Rules for conduct of hearings.
- § 63-3-610. Prosecutorial functions.
- § 63-3-620. Penalties for adult violating title.
- § 63-3-630. Appeals.
- § 63-3-640. Post conviction proceedings.
- § 63-3-650. Power to issue writ of habeas corpus.
- § 63-3-810. Appointment.
- § 63-3-820. Qualifications.
- § 63-3-830. Responsibilities.
- § 63-3-840. Mediation prohibition.
- § 63-3-850. Compensation.
- § 63-3-860. Disclosure.
- § 63-3-870. Removal.
- § 63-5-10. Spousal and child support.
- § 63-5-20. Obligation to support.
- § 63-5-30. Rights and duties of parents regarding minor children.
- § 63-5-40. Breastfeeding.
- § 63-5-50. Parental immunity in cases of incorrigibility of seventeen year old.
- § 63-5-60. Parental civil liability for damage to State property.
- § 63-5-70. Unlawful conduct toward a child.
- § 63-5-80. Cruelty to children.
- § 63-5-310. Ratification of minor's contracts.
- § 63-5-320. Minor's capacity to borrow for higher education.
- § 63-5-330. Married minors consent to health procedures.
- § 63-5-340. Minor's consent to health services.
- § 63-5-350. Health services to minors without parental consent.
- § 63-5-360. Minor parent consent to health services for child.
- § 63-5-370. Consent not subject to disaffirmance.
- § 63-5-601. Short title.
- § 63-5-605. Definitions.
- § 63-5-610. Scope and jurisdiction.
- § 63-5-615. Nomination of custodian.
- § 63-5-620. Transfer by gift or exercise of power of appointment.
- § 63-5-625. Transfer authorized by will or trust.
- § 63-5-630. Other transfer by fiduciary.
- § 63-5-635. Transfer by obligor.
- § 63-5-640. Receipt for custodial property.
- § 63-5-645. Manner of creating custodial property and effecting transfer; designation of initial custodian; control.
- § 63-5-650. Single custodianship.
- § 63-5-655. Validity and effect of transfer.
- § 63-5-660. Care of custodial property.
- § 63-5-665. Powers of custodian.
- § 63-5-670. Use of custodial property.
- § 63-5-675. Custodian's expenses, compensation, and bond.
- § 63-5-680. Exemption of third person from liability.
- § 63-5-685. Liability to third persons.
- § 63-5-690. Renunciation, resignation, death, or removal of custodian; designation of successor custodian.
- § 63-5-695. Accounting by and determination of liability of custodian.
- § 63-5-700. Termination of custodianship.
- § 63-5-705. Applicability.
- § 63-5-710. Effect on existing custodianships.
- § 63-5-715. Uniformity of application and construction.
- § 63-5-900. Citation of article.
- § 63-5-910. Definitions.
- § 63-5-920. Effect of military service on visitation and custody orders; temporary modification order.
- § 63-5-930. Temporary modification of support order for duration of military parent's military service.
- § 63-5-940. Mutually agreeable arrangements between military and nonmilitary parents prior to mobilization.
- § 63-5-950. Attorney's fees and costs; factors.
- § 63-7-10. Child welfare service principles; purpose.
- § 63-7-20. Definitions.
- § 63-7-25. Children in out-of-home care; age or developmentally appropriate activities.
- § 63-7-30. Seeking assistance.
- § 63-7-40. Safe haven for abandoned babies.
- § 63-7-310. Persons required to report.
- § 63-7-315. Civil action created for wrongful termination based on employee having reported child abuse or neglect.
- § 63-7-320. Notification; transfer; notice to designated military officials.
- § 63-7-330. Confidentiality of information.
- § 63-7-340. Previous reports.
- § 63-7-350. Reports for lack of investigation.
- § 63-7-360. Mandatory reporting to coroner.
- § 63-7-370. Domestic violence reporting.
- § 63-7-380. Photos and x-rays without parental consent; release of medical records.
- § 63-7-390. Reporter immunity from liability.
- § 63-7-400. Department of Social Services immunity from liability.
- § 63-7-410. Failure to report; penalties.
- § 63-7-420. Abrogation of privileged communication; exceptions.
- § 63-7-430. Civil action for bad faith reporting.
- § 63-7-440. Knowingly making false report.
- § 63-7-450. Department of Social Services to provide information to public.
- § 63-7-610. Statewide jurisdiction.
- § 63-7-620. Emergency protective custody.
- § 63-7-630. Notification of Department of Social Services.
- § 63-7-640. Preliminary investigation.
- § 63-7-650. Risk assessment before placement; opportunity to be licensed as kinship foster parent.
- § 63-7-660. Assumption of legal custody.
- § 63-7-670. Returning child to parents; alternative procedures.
- § 63-7-680. Emergency protective custody extension.
- § 63-7-690. Relative placement.
- § 63-7-700. Emergency protective custody proceedings.
- § 63-7-710. Probable cause hearing.
- § 63-7-720. Reasonable efforts to prevent removal.
- § 63-7-730. Expedited placement of child with relative.
- § 63-7-735. Right to become a licensed kinship foster parent.
- § 63-7-740. Ex parte emergency protective custody.
- § 63-7-750. Doctor or hospital may detain child; civil immunity.
- § 63-7-760. Protocols.
- § 63-7-765. Required disclosure of information to kinship care providers.
- § 63-7-770. Required disclosure of information to residential health facilities.
- § 63-7-900. Purpose of the subarticle.
- § 63-7-910. Duties of the department.
- § 63-7-920. Investigations and case determination.
- § 63-7-930. Classification categories.
- § 63-7-940. Use of unfounded case information.
- § 63-7-950. Withholding health care.
- § 63-7-960. Consolidation and delivery of services.
- § 63-7-970. Children of incarcerated women.
- § 63-7-980. Cooperation between the department and law enforcement.
- § 63-7-990. Access to sex offender registry.
- § 63-7-1210. Department investigation of institutional abuse.
- § 63-7-1220. South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigation of Department of Juvenile Justice and Department of Social Services institutional abuse cases.
- § 63-7-1230. Immediate entry in Central Registry of name of person determined to have abused child; notification; challenge.
- § 63-7-1410. Purpose.
- § 63-7-1420. Appeal of judicial determinations.
- § 63-7-1430. Notice and opportunity to be heard.
- § 63-7-1440. Judicial review.
- § 63-7-1610. Jurisdiction and venue.
- § 63-7-1620. Legal representation of children.
- § 63-7-1630. Notice of hearings.
- § 63-7-1640. Family preservation.
- § 63-7-1650. Services without removal.
- § 63-7-1660. Services with removal.
- § 63-7-1670. Treatment plan.
- § 63-7-1680. Approval or amendment of plan.
- § 63-7-1690. Placement plans; substance abuse issues.
- § 63-7-1700. Permanency planning.
- § 63-7-1705. Legal guardianship proceedings.
- § 63-7-1710. Standards for terminating parental rights.
- § 63-7-1720. Clerk of court and court administration progress reports.
- § 63-7-1730. Qualified residential treatment program placement; assessment; case planning; documentation requirements.
- § 63-7-1740. Review of qualified residential treatment program placement.
- § 63-7-1910. Purpose.
- § 63-7-1920. Department to maintain Central Registry.
- § 63-7-1930. Petition for placement in Central Registry.
- § 63-7-1940. Court order for placement in Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect.
- § 63-7-1950. Updated records requested.
- § 63-7-1960. Destruction of certain records.
- § 63-7-1970. Release of information.
- § 63-7-1980. Screening against the Central Registry.
- § 63-7-1990. Confidentiality and release of records and information.
- § 63-7-2000. Retention and disclosure of records of unfounded cases.
- § 63-7-2010. Annual reports.
- § 63-7-2310. Protecting and nurturing children in foster care.
- § 63-7-2320. Kinship Foster Care Program.
- § 63-7-2330. Placement with relatives.
- § 63-7-2340. Fingerprint-based background check.
- § 63-7-2345. Payment of costs of Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint-based background checks.
- § 63-7-2350. Restrictions on foster care, adoption, or legal guardian placements.
- § 63-7-2360. Placement of minor sex offenders.
- § 63-7-2370. Disclosure of information to foster parents.
- § 63-7-2380. Foster parent training.
- § 63-7-2390. Loss for uninsured damages.
- § 63-7-2400. Number of foster children who may be placed in a foster home.
- § 63-7-2510. Purpose.
- § 63-7-2520. Jurisdiction.
- § 63-7-2530. Filing procedures.
- § 63-7-2540. Content of petition.
- § 63-7-2550. Service of petition.
- § 63-7-2560. Representation by counsel; guardian ad litem.
- § 63-7-2570. Grounds.
- § 63-7-2580. Permanency of order.
- § 63-7-2590. Effect of order.
- § 63-7-2600. Confidentiality.
- § 63-7-2610. Effect on adoption laws.
- § 63-7-2620. Construction of law.
- § 63-7-2700. Purpose.
- § 63-7-2710. Definitions.
- § 63-7-2720. Creation and implementation of extended foster care program.
- § 63-7-2730. Voluntary extension of foster care; jurisdiction; transition plan.
- § 63-7-2740. Proceedings for review of voluntary placement agreement.
- § 63-7-2750. Court-ordered extension of foster care; annual review of child's status; guardian ad litem.
- § 63-7-2760. Administrative case review; development of transition plan.
- § 63-7-2770. Permanency planning hearings.
- § 63-7-2780. Review of progress toward meeting goals in transition plan.
- § 63-7-2790. Notice of adverse decision; right to appeal; judicial review.
- § 63-7-2810. Purpose.
- § 63-7-2820. Definitions.
- § 63-7-2830. Establishment of supplemental benefits for legal guardianship program.
- § 63-7-2840. Eligibility for supplemental legal guardianship benefits.
- § 63-7-2850. Execution of written agreement; specifications; termination.
- § 63-7-2860. Review of adverse decisions.
- § 63-7-2870. Promulgation of regulations.
- § 63-9-10. Short title.
- § 63-9-20. Legislative purpose.
- § 63-9-30. Definitions.
- § 63-9-40. Jurisdiction; venue.
- § 63-9-50. Children who may be adopted.
- § 63-9-60. Persons who may adopt.
- § 63-9-70. Advertising prohibited to place or accept child for adoption; exception; penalties.
- § 63-9-80. Biological parent medical history; disclosure to prospective adoptive parent and adoptee.
- § 63-9-310. Persons who must give consent or relinquishment.
- § 63-9-320. Persons not required to give consent or relinquishment.
- § 63-9-330. Form and content of consent and relinquishment.
- § 63-9-340. Signing consent and relinquishment.
- § 63-9-350. Withdrawal of consent or relinquishment.
- § 63-9-360. Consent and relinquishment certification.
- § 63-9-370. Adoption of a child in the custody of the Department of Social Services.
- § 63-9-510. Temporary placement and custody of adoptee.
- § 63-9-520. Investigations and reports.
- § 63-9-710. Petition for adoption; use of fictitious names.
- § 63-9-720. Appointment of guardian ad litem.
- § 63-9-730. Notice of adoption proceedings.
- § 63-9-740. Itemized accounting of disbursements.
- § 63-9-750. Final hearing.
- § 63-9-760. Effect of final decree.
- § 63-9-770. Attacks on final orders; appeals.
- § 63-9-780. Confidentiality of hearings and records.
- § 63-9-790. Amended birth certificates.
- § 63-9-810. State interest; purpose of registry.
- § 63-9-820. Registry established; definitions; claims of paternity; promulgation of regulations; unauthorized use.
- § 63-9-910. Foreign adoptions.
- § 63-9-920. Effect of foreign decrees of adoption.
- § 63-9-1110. Adoption by stepparent or relative.
- § 63-9-1120. Adult adoption.
- § 63-9-1310. Declaration of purpose.
- § 63-9-1320. Department of Social Services adoption program only state public adoption program.
- § 63-9-1330. Department of Social Services to administer program.
- § 63-9-1340. Children's Bureau transferred; monitoring placements.
- § 63-9-1350. Department of Social Services to obtain accreditation.
- § 63-9-1360. Birth parent informational brochure; waiting period.
- § 63-9-1370. Adoption services fees.
- § 63-9-1510. Statewide adoption exchange.
- § 63-9-1700. Short title.
- § 63-9-1710. Purpose.
- § 63-9-1720. Definitions.
- § 63-9-1730. Program established.
- § 63-9-1740. Notice to adoptive parents.
- § 63-9-1750. Eligibility criteria.
- § 63-9-1760. Eligible children.
- § 63-9-1770. Adoptive parents; nature of supplemental benefits.
- § 63-9-1780. Eligibility for supplemental benefits.
- § 63-9-1790. Review of decisions.
- § 63-9-1800. Benefits to substitute caregivers.
- § 63-9-1810. Authority to promulgate regulations.
- § 63-9-2000. Compact authorized.
- § 63-9-2010. Compact contents.
- § 63-9-2020. Additional provisions.
- § 63-9-2030. Medical assistance identification.
- § 63-9-2040. Compliance with federal law.
- § 63-9-2050. Penalties.
- § 63-9-2200. Compact enacted.
- § 63-9-2210. Financial responsibility for children.
- § 63-9-2220. "Appropriate public authorities" defined.
- § 63-9-2230. "Appropriate authority in receiving state" defined.
- § 63-9-2240. Agreements with other compact states.
- § 63-9-2250. Visitation, inspections by agreement.
- § 63-9-2260. Out-of-state placements.
- § 63-9-2270. Placement of delinquent children.
- § 63-9-2280. "Executive head" defined.
- § 63-9-2290. Promulgation of procedures governing interstate adoptive and foster care.
- § 63-11-20. Exemptions.
- § 63-11-30. Department of Social Services to administer article.
- § 63-11-40. Temporary crisis placements.
- § 63-11-50. License revocation or refusal to renew.
- § 63-11-60. Placing children in family homes.
- § 63-11-70. Background checks; pardons.
- § 63-11-80. Prohibition against certain disclosures of information; exception.
- § 63-11-90. Penalties.
- § 63-11-310. Children's advocacy centers.
- § 63-11-400. Short title.
- § 63-11-410. South Carolina Child Abuse and Neglect Network.
- § 63-11-420. Definitions.
- § 63-11-430. Program requirements.
- § 63-11-500. Creation, purpose, and administration of program.
- § 63-11-510. Responsibilities of guardian ad litem.
- § 63-11-520. Persons prohibited from appointment as guardians ad litem.
- § 63-11-530. Guardian ad litem to represent best interests of the child; removal of volunteer guardian ad litem.
- § 63-11-540. Right of access to information and records.
- § 63-11-550. Confidentiality of records and information.
- § 63-11-560. Immunity from liability for guardian ad litem.
- § 63-11-570. Funds.
- § 63-11-700. Division for Review of the Foster Care of Children; board.