A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by this article must contain:
(1) a provision making it available for joinder by all states;
(2) a provision for withdrawal from the compact upon written notice to the parties but one year between the date of the notice and the effective date of the withdrawal;
(3) a requirement that the protections afforded by or pursuant to the compact continue in force for the duration of the adoption assistance and be applicable to all children and their adoptive parents who on the effective date of the withdrawal are receiving adoption assistance from a party state other than the one in which they are resident and have their principal place of abode;
(4) a requirement that each instance of adoption assistance to which the compact applies be covered by an adoption assistance agreement in writing between the adoptive parents and the state child welfare agency of the state which undertakes to provide the adoption assistance, and that the agreement be expressly for the benefit of the adopted child and enforceable by the adoptive parents and the state agency providing the adoption assistance;
(5) other provisions as may be appropriate to implement the proper administration of the compact.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code
Section 63-9-20. Legislative purpose.
Section 63-9-40. Jurisdiction; venue.
Section 63-9-50. Children who may be adopted.
Section 63-9-60. Persons who may adopt.
Section 63-9-70. Advertising prohibited to place or accept child for adoption; exception; penalties.
Section 63-9-310. Persons who must give consent or relinquishment.
Section 63-9-320. Persons not required to give consent or relinquishment.
Section 63-9-330. Form and content of consent and relinquishment.
Section 63-9-340. Signing consent and relinquishment.
Section 63-9-350. Withdrawal of consent or relinquishment.
Section 63-9-360. Consent and relinquishment certification.
Section 63-9-370. Adoption of a child in the custody of the Department of Social Services.
Section 63-9-510. Temporary placement and custody of adoptee.
Section 63-9-520. Investigations and reports.
Section 63-9-710. Petition for adoption; use of fictitious names.
Section 63-9-720. Appointment of guardian ad litem.
Section 63-9-730. Notice of adoption proceedings.
Section 63-9-740. Itemized accounting of disbursements.
Section 63-9-750. Final hearing.
Section 63-9-760. Effect of final decree.
Section 63-9-770. Attacks on final orders; appeals.
Section 63-9-780. Confidentiality of hearings and records.
Section 63-9-790. Amended birth certificates.
Section 63-9-810. State interest; purpose of registry.
Section 63-9-910. Foreign adoptions.
Section 63-9-920. Effect of foreign decrees of adoption.
Section 63-9-1110. Adoption by stepparent or relative.
Section 63-9-1120. Adult adoption.
Section 63-9-1310. Declaration of purpose.
Section 63-9-1330. Department of Social Services to administer program.
Section 63-9-1340. Children's Bureau transferred; monitoring placements.
Section 63-9-1350. Department of Social Services to obtain accreditation.
Section 63-9-1360. Birth parent informational brochure; waiting period.
Section 63-9-1370. Adoption services fees.
Section 63-9-1510. Statewide adoption exchange.
Section 63-9-1700. Short title.
Section 63-9-1720. Definitions.
Section 63-9-1730. Program established.
Section 63-9-1740. Notice to adoptive parents.
Section 63-9-1750. Eligibility criteria.
Section 63-9-1760. Eligible children.
Section 63-9-1770. Adoptive parents; nature of supplemental benefits.
Section 63-9-1780. Eligibility for supplemental benefits.
Section 63-9-1790. Review of decisions.
Section 63-9-1800. Benefits to substitute caregivers.
Section 63-9-1810. Authority to promulgate regulations.
Section 63-9-2000. Compact authorized.
Section 63-9-2010. Compact contents.
Section 63-9-2020. Additional provisions.
Section 63-9-2030. Medical assistance identification.
Section 63-9-2040. Compliance with federal law.
Section 63-9-2200. Compact enacted.
Section 63-9-2210. Financial responsibility for children.
Section 63-9-2220. "Appropriate public authorities" defined.
Section 63-9-2230. "Appropriate authority in receiving state" defined.
Section 63-9-2240. Agreements with other compact states.
Section 63-9-2250. Visitation, inspections by agreement.
Section 63-9-2260. Out-of-state placements.
Section 63-9-2270. Placement of delinquent children.
Section 63-9-2280. "Executive head" defined.
Section 63-9-2290. Promulgation of procedures governing interstate adoptive and foster care.