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Section 63-9-10. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "South Carolina Adoption...
Section 63-9-20. Legislative purpose. - The purpose of this article is to establish fair and...
Section 63-9-30. Definitions. - As used in this article unless the context requires otherwise:...
Section 63-9-40. Jurisdiction; venue. - (A) The family court has exclusive jurisdiction over all proceedings...
Section 63-9-50. Children who may be adopted. - Any child present within this State at the time the...
Section 63-9-60. Persons who may adopt. - (A) Any South Carolina resident may petition the court to...
Section 63-9-70. Advertising prohibited to place or accept child for adoption; exception; penalties. - (A) No person or entity other than the Department of...
Section 63-9-80. Biological parent medical history; disclosure to prospective adoptive parent and adoptee. - (A) Prior to and at the time the department places...
Section 63-9-310. Persons who must give consent or relinquishment. - (A) Consent or relinquishment for the purpose of adoption is...
Section 63-9-320. Persons not required to give consent or relinquishment. - (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 63-9-310, consent or relinquishment...
Section 63-9-330. Form and content of consent and relinquishment. - (A) Consent or relinquishment for the purpose of adoption, pursuant...
Section 63-9-340. Signing consent and relinquishment. - (A) The sworn document provided for in Section 63-9-330, which...
Section 63-9-350. Withdrawal of consent or relinquishment. - Withdrawal of any consent or relinquishment is not permitted except...
Section 63-9-360. Consent and relinquishment certification. - (A) With the exception of the persons provided for in...
Section 63-9-370. Adoption of a child in the custody of the Department of Social Services. - (A) Consent or relinquishment for the purpose of adoption, pursuant...
Section 63-9-510. Temporary placement and custody of adoptee. - Once a petitioner has received the adoptee into his home...
Section 63-9-520. Investigations and reports. - (A) Before the final hearing for adoption of a child,...
Section 63-9-710. Petition for adoption; use of fictitious names. - (A) A petition for adoption shall specify: (1) the full...
Section 63-9-720. Appointment of guardian ad litem. - Before any hearing is held on the adoption or any...
Section 63-9-730. Notice of adoption proceedings. - (A) Notice of any proceeding initiated pursuant to this article...
Section 63-9-740. Itemized accounting of disbursements. - (A) At the final hearing on the adoption, the petitioner...
Section 63-9-750. Final hearing. - (A) The final hearing on the adoption petition must not...
Section 63-9-760. Effect of final decree. - (A) After the final decree of adoption is entered, the...
Section 63-9-770. Attacks on final orders; appeals. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), after the final...
Section 63-9-780. Confidentiality of hearings and records. - (A) Unless the court otherwise orders, all hearings held in...
Section 63-9-790. Amended birth certificates. - (A) For each adoption handled through a child placing agency...
Section 63-9-810. State interest; purpose of registry. - The State has a compelling interest in promptly providing stable...
Section 63-9-820. Registry established; definitions; claims of paternity; promulgation of regulations; unauthorized use. - (A) There is established within the Department of Social Services...
Section 63-9-910. Foreign adoptions. - (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 63-9-790(A) and (B), in...
Section 63-9-920. Effect of foreign decrees of adoption. - When the relationship of parent and child has been created...
Section 63-9-1110. Adoption by stepparent or relative. - Any person may adopt his spouse's child, and any person...
Section 63-9-1120. Adult adoption. - An adult person may be adopted by another adult person...
Section 63-9-1310. Declaration of purpose. - It is the purpose of this article to achieve the...
Section 63-9-1320. Department of Social Services adoption program only state public adoption program. - The Adoption and Birth Parent Services Program within the South...
Section 63-9-1330. Department of Social Services to administer program. - The Department of Social Services shall administer an adoption program...
Section 63-9-1340. Children's Bureau transferred; monitoring placements. - (A) The General Assembly finds that there should no longer...
Section 63-9-1350. Department of Social Services to obtain accreditation. - The department shall take all actions necessary to achieve accreditation...
Section 63-9-1360. Birth parent informational brochure; waiting period. - (A) The Department of Social Services, before it may accept...
Section 63-9-1370. Adoption services fees. - (A) The department shall establish fees for certain adoption and...
Section 63-9-1510. Statewide adoption exchange. - (A) The State Department of Social Services shall establish, either...
Section 63-9-1700. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "South Carolina Adoption...
Section 63-9-1710. Purpose. - The purpose of this article is to supplement the South...
Section 63-9-1720. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Child" means an individual...
Section 63-9-1730. Program established. - The department shall establish and administer an ongoing program of...
Section 63-9-1740. Notice to adoptive parents. - At the time of placement for adoption, the department shall...
Section 63-9-1750. Eligibility criteria. - In order for a child to be eligible for supplemental...
Section 63-9-1760. Eligible children. - A child meeting criteria specified in Section 63-9-1750 for whom...
Section 63-9-1770. Adoptive parents; nature of supplemental benefits. - (A) When the department determines that a child is eligible...
Section 63-9-1780. Eligibility for supplemental benefits. - Only certain children who have been certified as eligible for...
Section 63-9-1790. Review of decisions. - A decision concerning supplemental benefits by the department which the...
Section 63-9-1800. Benefits to substitute caregivers. - Supplemental benefits may not end solely because the death or...
Section 63-9-1810. Authority to promulgate regulations. - The department shall promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions...
Section 63-9-2000. Compact authorized. - (A) The Department of Social Services may develop, participate in...
Section 63-9-2010. Compact contents. - A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by...
Section 63-9-2020. Additional provisions. - A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by...
Section 63-9-2030. Medical assistance identification. - (A) A child with special needs who is a resident...
Section 63-9-2040. Compliance with federal law. - Consistent with federal law, the Department of Social Services in...
Section 63-9-2050. Penalties. - A person who submits a claim for payment or reimbursement...
Section 63-9-2200. Compact enacted. - The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is hereby...
Section 63-9-2210. Financial responsibility for children. - Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions...
Section 63-9-2220. "Appropriate public authorities" defined. - The "appropriate public authorities" as used in Subsection 3 of...
Section 63-9-2230. "Appropriate authority in receiving state" defined. - As used in item (a) of Subsection 5 of the...
Section 63-9-2240. Agreements with other compact states. - The officers and agencies of this State and its subdivisions...
Section 63-9-2250. Visitation, inspections by agreement. - Any requirements for visitation, inspection or supervision of children, homes,...
Section 63-9-2260. Out-of-state placements. - There shall be no legal restrictions on out-of-state placements made...
Section 63-9-2270. Placement of delinquent children. - Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place...
Section 63-9-2280. "Executive head" defined. - As used in Subsection 7 of the Interstate Compact on...
Section 63-9-2290. Promulgation of procedures governing interstate adoptive and foster care. - The Department of Social Services shall promulgate procedures to govern...