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Section 62-1-100. Effective date. - (a) Except as otherwise provided, this Code takes effect July...
Section 62-1-101. Short title. - Sections 62-1-101 et seq. shall be known and may be...
Section 62-1-102. Purposes; rules of construction. - (a) This Code shall be liberally construed and applied to...
Section 62-1-103. Supplementary general principles of law applicable. - Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this Code, the...
Section 62-1-104. Severability. - If any provision of this Code or the application thereof...
Section 62-1-105. Construction against implied repeal. - This Code is a general act intended as a unified...
Section 62-1-106. Effect of fraud and evasion. - Whenever fraud has been perpetrated in connection with any proceeding...
Section 62-1-107. Evidence as to death or status. - In proceedings under this Code the South Carolina Rules of...
Section 62-1-108. Acts by holder of general power. - For the purpose of granting consent or approval with regard...
Section 62-1-109. Duties and obligations of lawyer and person serving as a fiduciary. - Unless expressly provided otherwise in a written employment agreement, the...
Section 62-1-110. Fiduciary and lawyer, privileged communication. - Whenever an attorney-client relationship exists between a lawyer and a...
Section 62-1-111. Authority to award costs and expenses. - In a formal proceeding, the court, as justice and equity...
Section 62-1-112. Inherent power of court. - The inherent power of the court to impose penalties for...
Section 62-1-201. General definitions. - Subject to additional definitions contained in the subsequent articles which...
Section 62-1-301. Territorial application. - Except as otherwise provided in this Code, this Code applies...
Section 62-1-302. Subject matter jurisdiction; concurrent jurisdiction with family court. - (a) To the full extent permitted by the Constitution, and...
Section 62-1-303. Venue; multiple proceedings; transfer. - (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 62-3-201, where a...
Section 62-1-304. South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure govern formal proceedings. - The South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure (SCRCP) adopted for...
Section 62-1-305. Records and certified copies. - The court shall keep a record for each decedent, ward,...
Section 62-1-306. Jury trials. - (a) If duly demanded, a party is entitled to trial...
Section 62-1-307. Probate judge; powers. - The acts and orders which this Code specifies as performable...
Section 62-1-308. Appeals. - Except as provided in subsection (1), appeals from the probate...
Section 62-1-309. Election and term of judges. - The judges of the probate court shall be elected by...
Section 62-1-401. Notice; method and time of giving. - (a) If notice of a hearing on a petition is...
Section 62-1-402. Notice; waiver. - A person, including a guardian ad litem, conservator, or other...
Section 62-1-403. Pleadings; when parties bound by others; notice. - In formal proceedings involving trusts or estates of decedents, minors,...
Section 62-1-500. Short title. - This part may be cited as the "Uniform Simultaneous Death...
Section 62-1-501. Definitions. - For purposes of this part: (1) "Co-owners with right of...
Section 62-1-502. Requirement of survival by 120 hours; individuals, two or more beneficiaries, class members. - (a) Except as otherwise provided by this Code, where the...
Section 62-1-503. Requirement of survival by 120 hours under governing instruments. - Except as otherwise provided by this Code, for purposes of...
Section 62-1-504. Co-owners with right of survivorship; requirement of survival by 120 hours. - Except as otherwise provided by this Code, if: (a) it...
Section 62-1-505. Right or benefit that depends on surviving the death of a decedent's killer. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Code, solely for the...
Section 62-1-506. Exceptions. - Survival by one hundred twenty hours is not required if...
Section 62-1-507. Evidence of death or status. - In addition to the South Carolina Rules of Evidence, the...
Section 62-1-508. Protection of payors, bona fide purchasers, and other third parties; personal liability of recipient. - (1) A payor or other third party is not liable...
Section 62-1-509. Construction. - This part [Sections 62-1-501 et seq.] shall be so construed...