South Carolina § 20-3-660 - Court's authority to achieve equitable apportionment.
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§ 20-3-660. Court's authority to achieve equitable apportionment.
(A) The court may direct a party to execute and deliver any deed, bill of sale, note, mortgage, or other document necessary to carry out its order of equitable apportionment. If a party so directed fails to comply, the court may direct the clerk of court in the county in which the property involved is situate to execute and deliver the document, and this performance by the clerk is as effective as the performance of the party would have been. The court in making an equitable apportionment may order the public or private sale of all or any portion of the marital property upon terms it determines.
(B) The court may utilize any other reasonable means to achieve equity between the parties, which means are subject to and may not be inconsistent with the other provisions of this article and may include making a monetary award to achieve an equitable apportionment. Any monetary award made does not constitute a payment which is treated as ordinary income to the recipient under either the provisions of Chapter 6, Title 12 or, to the extent lawful, under the United States Internal Revenue Code.
HISTORY: 2008 Act 361, SECTION 3, eff June 16, 2008.
Editor's Note
Prior laws. 1986 Act No. 522 SECTION 1; 1976 Code SECTION 20-7-476.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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