South Carolina § 63-17-1430 - Petitioning the court.
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§ 63-17-1430. Petitioning the court.
(A) An obligor may petition the court at any time prior to the occurrence of a delinquency seeking an order for income withholding procedures to begin immediately.
(B) Where the obligor makes payments directly to the obligee pursuant to an order for support and where income withholding procedures take effect, the provisions to pay directly are superseded by the withholding process and the obligor and the payor on behalf of the obligor during the period of withholding must pay this support through the State Disbursement Unit.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, SECTION 2; 2008 Act No. 332, SECTION 4.
Editor's Note
The State Disbursement Unit is to be implemented in accordance with Section 63-17-610. See 2008 Act No. 332, SECTION 8 referencing this section as enacted in Chapter 7 of Title 20.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 63-17-1430 ("Petitioning the court.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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