South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code
Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support

Section 63-17-385. Failure to pay court-ordered child support other than periodic child support payments; affidavit; hearing; costs and attorney's fees. - (A) Where a court order requires a parent to provide...

Section 63-17-390. Warrants for refusal to obey court order. - Where a respondent shall neglect or refuse to obey an...

Section 63-17-400. Service of warrant. - When a petition is presented to the court and it...

Section 63-17-410. Form of arrest warrant. - A warrant of arrest may be substantially in the following...

Section 63-17-420. Out of session proceedings. - If a respondent is arrested under a warrant of the...

Section 63-17-430. Bond in lieu of punishment. - If the defendant in any proceeding brought under the provisions...

Section 63-17-440. Bond conditions. - If the respondent be admitted to bond, the condition of...

Section 63-17-450. Information required in paternity and support actions. - (A) An obligor and an obligee in a child support...

Section 63-17-460. Medical bills as evidence of costs. - (A) If copies of bills are furnished to the adverse...

Section 63-17-470. Proceedings and awards. - (A) In any proceeding for the award of child support,...

Section 63-17-480. Social Security numbers. - An administrative or judicial order which includes a determination of...

Section 63-17-490. Employment program. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a court or administrative...

Section 63-17-500. Probation. - In the case of a respondent who shall have neglected...

Section 63-17-510. Authority to revoke probation. - The court may at any time where circumstances warrant it,...

Section 63-17-520. Distribution of fines. - Fines collected pursuant to Sections 63-17-850, 63-17-2310(C), and 43-5-598(G) must...

Section 63-17-610. Federal mandate for and implementation of State Disbursement Unit. - (A) The federal government mandates that every state must have...

Section 63-17-620. State Disbursement Unit; operation and administration; court costs. - (A) The Department of Social Services shall establish a State...

Section 63-17-710. Jurisdiction. - Notwithstanding Section 63-3-530 and any other provision of law, the...

Section 63-17-720. Definitions. - As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:...

Section 63-17-730. Notice of financial responsibility; order of default. - The director shall issue a notice of financial responsibility to...

Section 63-17-740. Service of notice of financial responsibility. - (A) The division shall serve a notice of financial responsibility...

Section 63-17-750. Negotiation conference; consent order; monthly support obligation. - (A) An obligor who has been served with a notice...

Section 63-17-760. Failure to appear for negotiation conference. - (A) If an obligor fails to appear for a negotiation...

Section 63-17-770. Order of financial responsibility; procedures. - (A) A copy of an order of financial responsibility or...

Section 63-17-780. Objections to notice of responsibility. - (A) An obligor who objects to a part of the...

Section 63-17-790. Establishment of paternity. - (A) The division may establish paternity of a child in...

Section 63-17-800. Paternity testing. - (A) If the testimony and other supplementary evidence presented at...

Section 63-17-810. Qualified expert; admissibility of report. - The division shall appoint an expert who is qualified in...

Section 63-17-820. Out-of-state request to establish support. - (A) The division may establish all duties of support including...

Section 63-17-830. Modification of orders. - (A) At any time after the entry of a consent...

Section 63-17-840. Administrative change of payee. - In cases in which support is subject to an assignment...

Section 63-17-850. Issuance of subpoenas. - When necessary in the discharge of the duties of the...

Section 63-17-1010. License revocation. - In addition to other qualifications necessary for holding a license,...

Section 63-17-1020. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Arrearage" means the total...

Section 63-17-1030. Exceptions. - If a licensee is out of compliance with an order...

Section 63-17-1040. Obtaining information. - The division shall obtain information on licensees pursuant to Section...

Section 63-17-1050. Licensing entities to provide information. - In the manner and form prescribed by the division, all...

Section 63-17-1060. Out-of-compliance procedures; notice. - (A) The division shall review the information received pursuant to...

Section 63-17-1070. Disclosure of information. - (A) Information provided to a licensing entity pursuant to this...

Section 63-17-1080. Social Security numbers to be provided. - An applicant for a license or for renewal of a...

Section 63-17-1090. Regulations. - The State Department of Social Services shall promulgate regulations necessary...

Section 63-17-1210. Employer New Hire Reporting program. - (A) By January 1, 1996, the Child Support Enforcement Division...

Section 63-17-1410. Definitions. - As used in this section: (1) "Arrearage" means the total...

Section 63-17-1420. Orders for support subject to withholding notice. - (A) For all Title IV-D cases in which support orders...

Section 63-17-1430. Petitioning the court. - (A) An obligor may petition the court at any time...

Section 63-17-1440. Verified notice of delinquency. - (A) If a delinquency occurs, the clerk of court shall...

Section 63-17-1450. Petitions to stay service. - (A) The obligor may prevent a notice to withhold from...

Section 63-17-1460. Notice to withhold. - (A) Fifteen days following the mailing of the notice of...

Section 63-17-1470. Termination or suspension of withholding. - (A) The clerk of court may suspend income withholding because...

Section 63-17-1480. Change of address notification. - An obligee who is receiving income withholding payments under this...

Section 63-17-1490. Obligee's public aid status. - An obligee who is a recipient of public aid must...

Section 63-17-1500. Notification upon employment. - An obligor whose income is being withheld or who has...

Section 63-17-1510. Unemployment benefits notification. - If the Division of Child Support of the Department of...

Section 63-17-1520. Reporting receipt of payment toward arrearage. - Upon receiving any other support payment including, but not limited...

Section 63-17-1530. Record of payments and disbursements. - Copies of support payment records certified by the Department of...

Section 63-17-1540. Forms. - The Department of Social Services and the Office of Court...

Section 63-17-1550. Payor's wilful failure to withhold. - If a payor wilfully fails to withhold or pay over...

Section 63-17-1560. False proceedings; contempt. - If an obligor, obligee, or the Department of Social Services...

Section 63-17-1570. Additional rights and remedies. - The rights, remedies, duties, and penalties created by this article...

Section 63-17-1580. Centralized system of withholding. - Amounts collected through the State Disbursement Unit are subject to...

Section 63-17-1590. Authority to promulgate regulations. - The Office of Court Administration after consultation with the Department...

Section 63-17-1600. Recording arrearages. - When a delinquency occurs as defined in Section 63-17-1410, the...

Section 63-17-1810. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Agency" means the clerk...

Section 63-17-1820. Supplemental remedy. - The remedy provided in this article is in addition to,...

Section 63-17-1830. Order to withhold income out-of-state. - On behalf of any obligee for whom the clerk of...

Section 63-17-1840. Out-of-state order on in-state obligor. - (A) Upon receiving a support order of another jurisdiction with...

Section 63-17-1850. Notice of delinquency. - (A) On the date a support order is entered pursuant...

Section 63-17-1860. Hearing. - (A) At any hearing contesting proposed income withholding based on...

Section 63-17-1870. Order. - If the obligor does not request a hearing in the...

Section 63-17-1880. Income withholding; applicability to out-of-state order. - The provisions of Sections 63-17-1430, 63-17-1440, 63-17-1450, 63-17-1460, 63-17-1470(A), (C),...

Section 63-17-1890. Receipt of payments by State Disbursement Unit; effect of support order. - (A) The notice to withhold shall direct payment to be...

Section 63-17-1900. Amendment of withholding order. - (A) The clerk of court, upon receiving a certified copy...

Section 63-17-1910. Voluntary income withholding. - Any person who is the obligor on a support order...

Section 63-17-1920. Applicability of state law; foreign law. - (A) The law of this State shall apply in all...

Section 63-17-2110. Contents of order. - To be enforced pursuant to this article, a court order...

Section 63-17-2120. Duties of employer or health insurer. - If a court order requiring a parent to provide health...

Section 63-17-2130. Notice of order to employer. - (A) If a parent is required by a court order...

Section 63-17-2140. Withholding by employer. - (A) If a court order requires a parent to provide...

Section 63-17-2150. Proof of compliance. - Within thirty days after receipt of an order requiring the...

Section 63-17-2160. Priority of order. - (A) A court order which requires income withholding pursuant to...

Section 63-17-2170. Withholding to reimburse medical expenses. - (A) To the extent necessary to reimburse the state agency...

Section 63-17-2180. Employer prohibited actions against employee. - An employer is prohibited from discharging, refusing to employ, or...

Section 63-17-2190. Penalties. - An employer or insurer who violates any provision of this...

Section 63-17-2310. Clerk of court authority to attempt to locate and right to obtain information from organizations. - (A) The Department of Social Services shall attempt to locate...

Section 63-17-2320. Information from financial institutions. - (A) In the manner and form prescribed by the Child...

Section 63-17-2330. Immunity from liability. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of federal or state law,...

Section 63-17-2510. Reporting to credit reporting agencies. - (A) The Department of Social Services shall provide consumer credit...

Section 63-17-2710. Child support arrearage liens. - A child support obligation which is unpaid in an amount...

Section 63-17-2720. Written notice to obligor; administrative review. - When the division determines that child support is unpaid in...

Section 63-17-2730. Notice of a lien, filing, expiration. - (A)(1) The division shall file notice of a lien with...

Section 63-17-2740. Levy upon property; refusal to surrender; discharge of obligation. - (A) If an obligor against whom a lien has arisen...

Section 63-17-2750. Written notice of perfecting a lien, executing levy, or seizing property. - The division shall send timely written notice to the obligor...

Section 63-17-2760. Judicial review. - A person aggrieved by a determination of the division pursuant...

Section 63-17-2770. Full faith and credit. - A child support enforcement agency in a jurisdiction outside this...

Section 63-17-2780. Authorization to promulgate regulations. - The division is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations, if...

Section 63-17-2900. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Family...

Section 63-17-2910. Definitions. - In this article: (1) "Child" means an individual, whether over...

Section 63-17-2920. Tribunals. - (A) For the purposes of continuing exclusive jurisdiction under this...

Section 63-17-2930. Remedies cumulative. - (A) Remedies provided by this article are cumulative and do...

Section 63-17-2940. Application to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding. - (A) A tribunal of this State shall apply Parts I...

Section 63-17-3010. Personal jurisdiction of nonresident. - (A) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support...

Section 63-17-3020. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. - Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this State in...

Section 63-17-3030. Initiating or responding tribunals. - Under this article, a tribunal of this State may serve...

Section 63-17-3040. Concurrent filings for support. - (A) A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to...

Section 63-17-3050. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify order. - (A) A tribunal of this State that has issued a...

Section 63-17-3060. Tribunal to enforce or modify. - (A) A tribunal of this State that has issued a...

Section 63-17-3070. Multiple tribunals. - (A) If a proceeding is brought under this article and...

Section 63-17-3080. Multiple registrations of orders. - In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two...

Section 63-17-3090. Credit for out-of-state collections. - A tribunal of this State shall credit amounts collected for...

Section 63-17-3100. Evidence from another state. - A tribunal of this State exercising personal jurisdiction over a...

Section 63-17-3110. Continuing jurisdiction for spousal support. - (A) A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal-support order...

Section 63-17-3210. Applicability of law. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in this article, this part...

Section 63-17-3220. Initiating proceeding. - A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative...

Section 63-17-3230. Governing law determination. - Except as otherwise provided in this article, a responding tribunal...

Section 63-17-3240. Forwarding of petition. - (A) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this...

Section 63-17-3250. Responding tribunal powers and duties. - (A) When a responding tribunal of this State receives a...

Section 63-17-3260. Inappropriate tribunal to forward petition. - If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an...

Section 63-17-3270. Duties of support enforcement agency. - (A) In a proceeding under this article, a support enforcement...

Section 63-17-3280. Duty to provide services. - (A) If the Attorney General determines that the support enforcement...

Section 63-17-3290. Private counsel. - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...

Section 63-17-3300. Department of Social Services as state information agency. - (A) The Department of Social Services is the state information...

Section 63-17-3310. Petition contents. - (A) In a proceeding under this article, a petitioner seeking...

Section 63-17-3320. Sealing petition. - If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading...

Section 63-17-3330. Fees and costs. - (A) The petitioner may not be required to pay a...

Section 63-17-3340. Immunity of petitioner. - (A) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this...

Section 63-17-3350. Nonparentage defense. - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...

Section 63-17-3360. Nonresident party proceedings. - (A) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is...

Section 63-17-3370. Communication with other tribunals. - A tribunal of this State may communicate with a tribunal...

Section 63-17-3380. Discovery powers of tribunal. - A tribunal of this State may: (1) request a tribunal...

Section 63-17-3390. Disbursement of payments. - (A) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this State...

Section 63-17-3410. Issuance of order. - (A) If a support order entitled to recognition under this...

Section 63-17-3420. Proceeding to determine parentage. - A tribunal of this State authorized to determine parentage of...

Section 63-17-3510. Mailing order to employer. - An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent...

Section 63-17-3520. Employer duties. - (A) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer...

Section 63-17-3530. Multiple income-withholding orders. - If an obligor's employer receives two or more income-withholding orders...

Section 63-17-3540. Immunity. - An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in...

Section 63-17-3550. Failure to comply. - An employer that wilfully fails to comply with an income-withholding...

Section 63-17-3560. Contesting withholding order. - (A) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of...

Section 63-17-3570. Enforcement of orders. - (A) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce...

Section 63-17-3610. Registration of out-of-state order. - A support order or income-withholding order issued in a tribunal...

Section 63-17-3620. Registration procedures. - (A) Except as provided in Section 63-17-3935, a support order...

Section 63-17-3630. Filing order. - (A) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another...

Section 63-17-3640. Applicable law. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (D), the law...

Section 63-17-3710. Notification of registration. - (A) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in...

Section 63-17-3720. Contesting validity of order. - (A) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or...

Section 63-17-3730. Defenses; burden of proof. - (A) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a...

Section 63-17-3740. Confirmation. - Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...

Section 63-17-3810. Registration to modify. - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...

Section 63-17-3820. Prerequisites to modification. - A tribunal of this State may enforce a child-support order...

Section 63-17-3830. Conditions for modification. - (A) If Section 63-17-3850 does not apply, upon petition, a...

Section 63-17-3840. Enforcement of modified order. - If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this...

Section 63-17-3850. Enforcement of modification with in-state parties. - (A) If all of the parties who are individuals reside...

Section 63-17-3860. Filing order. - Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child-support order,...

Section 63-17-3870. Modification with no consent filed. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in Section 63-17-3960, if a...

Section 63-17-3880. Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification. - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...

Section 63-17-3910. Definitions. - (1) "Application" means a request under the convention by an...

Section 63-17-3915. Applicability of part. - This part applies only to a support proceeding under the...

Section 63-17-3920. Designated agency. - The Department of Social Services of this State is recognized...

Section 63-17-3925. Support proceeding. - (A) In a support proceeding under this part, the Department...

Section 63-17-3930. Direct request. - (A) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment...

Section 63-17-3935. Registration of convention support order. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a party...

Section 63-17-3940. Contest of registered convention support order. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in this part, Sections 63-17-3710...

Section 63-17-3945. Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (B), a tribunal...

Section 63-17-3950. Partial enforcement. - If a tribunal of this State does not recognize and...

Section 63-17-3955. Foreign support agreement. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (C) and (D),...

Section 63-17-3960. Modification of convention child-support order. - (A) A tribunal of this State may not modify a...

Section 63-17-3965. Personal information. - Personal information gathered or transmitted under this part may be...

Section 63-17-3970. Records in original language; English translation. - A record filed with a tribunal of this State under...

Section 63-17-4010. Extradition. - (A) For purposes of this article, "governor" includes an individual...

Section 63-17-4020. Prerequisites to compliance with extradition. - (A) Before making a demand that the governor of another...

Section 63-17-4030. Construction of law. - In applying and construing this article, consideration must be given...

Section 63-17-4035. Applicability of article. - This article applies to proceedings begun on or after the...

Section 63-17-4040. Severability. - If any provision of this article or its application to...

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South Carolina Code of Laws Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support

South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code
Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support