South Carolina § 63-17-3210 - Applicability of law.
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§ 63-17-3210. Applicability of law.
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this article, this part applies to all proceedings under this article.
(B) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this article by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, SECTION 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), SECTION 1, eff June 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2015 Act No. 33, SECTION 1, in (B), inserted reference to "foreign country".
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 63-17-3210 ("Applicability of law.") 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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