South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code
Chapter 15 - Child Custody And Visitation

Section 63-15-240. Contents of order for custody affecting rights and responsibilities of parents; best interests of the child. - (A) In issuing or modifying an order for custody affecting...

Section 63-15-250. Telephonic and electronic communication between minor child and parents. - In addition to all rights and duties given to parents...

Section 63-15-260. Equal access to educational and medical records of child by parents. - Notwithstanding the custody arrangement and in addition to all rights...

Section 63-15-300. Citation. - This article may be cited as the "Uniform Child Custody...

Section 63-15-302. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Abandoned" means left without...

Section 63-15-304. Exemption proceedings. - This article does not govern an adoption proceeding or a...

Section 63-15-306. Indian children proceedings exempt. - (A) A child custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian...

Section 63-15-308. Recognition of foreign country custody. - (A) A court of this State shall treat a foreign...

Section 63-15-310. Determinations binding. - A child custody determination made by a court of this...

Section 63-15-312. Jurisdiction issues take priority. - If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under...

Section 63-15-314. Notice; proof of service; submission to jurisdiction. - (A) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a...

Section 63-15-316. Immunity. - (A) A party to a child custody proceeding, including a...

Section 63-15-318. Communication with out-of-state courts. - (A) A court of this State may communicate with a...

Section 63-15-320. Testimony of out-of-state witnesses. - (A) In addition to other procedures available to a party,...

Section 63-15-322. Request for hearing in another state; preservation of records. - (A) A court of this State may request the appropriate...

Section 63-15-330. Basis for jurisdiction. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in Section 63-15-336, a court...

Section 63-15-332. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in Section 63-15-336, a court...

Section 63-15-334. Custody modification by another state. - Except as otherwise provided in Section 63-15-336, a court of...

Section 63-15-336. Temporary jurisdiction. - (A) A court of this State has temporary emergency jurisdiction...

Section 63-15-338. Notice; obligation to join party and right to intervene. - (A) Before a child custody determination is made under this...

Section 63-15-340. Stays of other proceedings. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in Section 63-15-336, a court...

Section 63-15-342. Inconvenient forum. - (A) A court of this State, which has jurisdiction under...

Section 63-15-344. Unjustifiable jurisdiction. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in Section 63-15-336 or by...

Section 63-15-346. Information regarding other proceedings. - (A) Subject to local law providing for the confidentiality of...

Section 63-15-348. Persons requested to appear. - (A) In a child custody proceeding in this State, the...

Section 63-15-350. Definitions. - As used in this subarticle: (1) "Petitioner" means a person...

Section 63-15-352. Enforcement under Hague Convention. - Under this subarticle a court of this State may enforce...

Section 63-15-354. Enforcing other states' orders. - (A) A court of this State shall recognize and enforce...

Section 63-15-356. Visitation. - (A) A court of this State which does not have...

Section 63-15-358. Registration of out-of-state custody order. - (A) A child custody determination issued by a court of...

Section 63-15-360. Enforcement of registered order. - (A) A court of this State may grant any relief...

Section 63-15-362. Modification pending out-of-state. - If a proceeding for enforcement under this subarticle is commenced...

Section 63-15-364. Enforcement petition. - (A) A petition under this subarticle must be verified. Certified...

Section 63-15-366. Service of petition and order. - Except as otherwise provided in Section 63-15-370, the petition and...

Section 63-15-368. Physical custody of child. - (A) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant...

Section 63-15-370. Warrant to take physical custody. - (A) Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of...

Section 63-15-372. Costs. - (A) The court shall award the prevailing party, including a...

Section 63-15-374. Full faith and credit. - A court of this State shall accord full faith and...

Section 63-15-376. Appeals. - An appeal may be taken from a final order in...

Section 63-15-378. Remedies. - (A) In a case arising under this article or involving...

Section 63-15-380. Assistance of law enforcement. - At the request of a prosecutor acting under Section 63-15-378,...

Section 63-15-382. Assessment of assistance costs. - If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court...

Section 63-15-390. Uniformity of application. - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...

Section 63-15-392. Severability. - If any provision of this article or its application to...

Section 63-15-394. Applicability to prior proceedings. - A motion or other request for relief made in a...

Section 63-15-400. Decisions on guardianship, custody, or visitation not to be based solely on person's blindness. - In making decisions on guardianship, custody, or visitation where a...

Section 63-15-410. Adoption petitions not to be denied solely because of person's blindness. - (A) When the Department of Social Services, a guardian, or...

Section 63-15-420. Regulations. - Within one year of the adoption of this act, the...

Section 63-15-430. Definitions. - For purposes of this act, the term "blind" or "blindness"...

Section 63-15-500. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Deployed Parents...

Section 63-15-502. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Adult" means an individual...

Section 63-15-504. Remedies for noncompliance. - In addition to other relief provided by the law of...

Section 63-15-506. Jurisdiction. - (A) A court may issue an order regarding custodial responsibility...

Section 63-15-508. Notice required of deploying parent. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (D), and subject to...

Section 63-15-510. Notification required for change of address. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (B), an individual...

Section 63-15-512. General consideration in custody proceeding of parent's military service. - In a proceeding for custodial responsibility of a child of...

Section 63-15-514. Form of agreement. - (A) The parents of a child may enter into a...

Section 63-15-516. Nature of authority created by agreement. - (A) An agreement under this subarticle is temporary and terminates...

Section 63-15-518. Modification of agreement. - (A) The parents may modify an agreement regarding custodial responsibility...

Section 63-15-520. Power of attorney. - If no other parent possesses custodial responsibility under the law...

Section 63-15-522. Filing agreement or power of attorney with court. - An agreement or power of attorney made under this subarticle...

Section 63-15-524. Proceeding for temporary custody order. - (A) After a deploying parent receives notice of deployment and...

Section 63-15-526. Expedited hearing. - If a motion to grant custodial responsibility is filed before...

Section 63-15-528. Testimony by electronic means. - In a proceeding brought pursuant to this subarticle, a party...

Section 63-15-530. Effect of prior judicial order or agreement. - In a proceeding for a grant of custodial responsibility pursuant...

Section 63-15-532. Grant of caretaking or decision-making authority to nonparent. - (A) On the motion of a deploying parent and in...

Section 63-15-534. Grant of limited contact. - On motion of a deploying parent and in accordance with...

Section 63-15-536. Nature of authority created by order. - (A) A grant made pursuant to this subarticle is temporary...

Section 63-15-538. Content of temporary custody order. - (A) An order granting custodial responsibility pursuant to this article...

Section 63-15-540. Order for child support. - If a court has issued an order providing for grant...

Section 63-15-542. Modifying or terminating assignment or grant of custodial responsibility to nonparent. - (A) Except for an order in accordance with Section 63-15-530,...

Section 63-15-544. Procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by agreement. - (A) At any time following return from deployment, a temporary...

Section 63-15-546. Consent procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order. - At any time following return from deployment, the deploying parent...

Section 63-15-548. Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility. - Following return from deployment of a deploying parent until a...

Section 63-15-550. Termination by operation of law of temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order. - (A) A temporary order for custodial responsibility issued pursuant to...

Section 63-15-552. Uniformity of application and construction. - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...

Section 63-15-554. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. - This article modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures...

Section 63-15-556. Savings clause. - This article does not affect the validity of a temporary...

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South Carolina Code of Laws Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code Chapter 15 - Child Custody And Visitation

South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code
Chapter 15 - Child Custody And Visitation