South Carolina § 63-7-1440 - Judicial review.

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§ 63-7-1440. Judicial review.

An appellant seeking judicial review shall file a petition in the family court within thirty days after the final decision of the department. The appellant shall serve a copy of the petition upon the department. The family court shall conduct a judicial review in accordance with the standards of review provided for in Section 1-23-380. The court may enter judgment upon the pleadings and a certified transcript of the record which must include the evidence upon which the findings and decisions appealed are based. The judgment must include a determination of whether the decision of the department that a preponderance of evidence shows that the appellant abused or neglected the child should be affirmed or reversed. The appellant is not entitled to a trial de novo in the family court.

HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, SECTION 2.

Subarticle 11
Judicial Proceedings

DERIVATION TABLE

Showing the sections in former Chapter 7, Title 20 from which the sections in this subarticle were derived.

NewSection FormerSection
63-7-1610 20-7-736(A), 20-7-640(D)
63-7-1620 20-7-110
63-7-1630 20-7-645
63-7-1640 20-7-763
63-7-1650 20-7-738
63-7-1660 20-7-736(B)-(H)
63-7-1670 20-7-762
63-7-1680 20-7-764
63-7-1690 20-7-765
63-7-1700 20-7-766
63-7-1710 20-7-768
63-7-1720 20-7-770

Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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