Procedures for Family Courts
20-7-736Jurisdiction of family court under article; removal proceedings; procedures20-7-738Intervention and provision of services without removal of custody; petition; hearing and notice; criteria for granting20-7-740Repealed by 1996 Act No. 383, Section 2, eff July 1, 199620-7-745Service of summons, process or notice20-7-750Failure to obey summons or process; issuance of warrant20-7-753Designation of state agency as lead agency in juvenile delinquency proceedings; family assessment and service plan; monitoring compliance with plan; reporting to court20-7-755Conduct of hearings20-7-760Rules for conduct of hearings; evidence; adjournment; temporary order for support20-7-762Family Court to review and approve treatment plan; review hearings and termination of protective services20-7-763Reasonable effort to preserve or reunify family; when required; termination20-7-764Approval or amendment of plan for placement of child after removal; order to show cause20-7-765Placement plan requirements regarding substance abuse20-7-766Permanency planning hearings20-7-767Assistance to children in foster care; duties of Department of Social Services20-7-768Standards for termination of parental rights; exceptions20-7-770County clerk and Court Administration reports regarding case progress20-7-775Disclosure of information to foster parent20-7-780Repealed by 1996 Act No. 383, Section 2, eff July 1, 199620-7-782 to 20-7-830Repealed by 2007 Act No. 60, Section 3, eff June 8, 200720-7-782Short title20-7-784Purposes; construction of provisions20-7-786Definitions20-7-788Jurisdiction20-7-790Notice and opportunity to be heard20-7-792Notice to persons outside this state; submission to jurisdiction20-7-794Simultaneous proceedings in other states20-7-796Inconvenient forum20-7-798Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct20-7-800Information under oath to be submitted to the court20-7-802Additional parties20-7-804Appearance of parties and the child20-7-806Binding force and res judicata effect of custody decree20-7-808Recognition of out-of-state custody decrees20-7-810Modification of custody decree of another state20-7-812Filing and enforcement of custody decree of another state20-7-814Registry of out-of-state custody decrees and proceedings20-7-816Certified copies of custody decree20-7-818Taking testimony in another state20-7-820Hearings and studies in another state; orders to appear20-7-822Assistance to courts of other states20-7-824Preservation of documents for use in other state20-7-826Request for court records of another state20-7-828Jurisdiction in family courts20-7-830International application20-7-840Persons who may file petition for support20-7-850Judge shall make reconciliation efforts; support order20-7-852Child support proceedings; amount of award20-7-853Paternity determinations or child support provisions to set forth social security numbers or alien identification numbers of both parents20-7-854Information required in child support and paternity actions; notification of changes20-7-855Medical bills as prima facie evidence of costs incurred20-7-856Distribution of fines20-7-860Summons or rule to show cause concerning support; hearing20-7-862Notice of hearing in child support and alimony arrearage cases20-7-870Authority to issue warrant upon refusal to obey court order for support20-7-873Noncustodial unemployed parent may be ordered to participate in departmental employment program20-7-880Issuance and service of warrants of arrest; temporary ex parte orders20-7-890Form of arrest warrant20-7-900Proceedings where an arrest is made when court is not in session20-7-910Bond for support in lieu of punishment20-7-920Bond of respondent; conditions; failure to appear20-7-930Authority to place respondent on probation after refusing to obey court order for support20-7-932Authority to revoke probation20-7-933Authority of Family Court to enforce decrees, judgments, or orders regarding child support; authority to hold arrearages in abeyance20-7-934Enforcement or modification of orders of other courts; transfer of cases20-7-936Grandparent responsibility for child support for minor's child20-7-940Support enforcement through license revocation; applicability to individual under order for child support20-7-941Support enforcement through license revocation; definitions20-7-942Revocation of license where licensee out of compliance with support order; exceptions20-7-943Obtaining information on licensees to establish, enforce, and collect support obligations20-7-944Licensing entities to provide information on licensees for use in establishment, enforcement, and collection of child support obligations20-7-945Out of compliance determination; review and negotiation of payment schedule having force of judgment; notice and revocation of license20-7-946Support enforcement through license revocation; disclosure of information provided to licensing entity20-7-947Repealed by 1996 Act No. 459, Section 246A, eff June 5, 199620-7-948Authorization to promulgate regulations to carry out support enforcement through license revocation20-7-949Submission of social security number or alien identification number20-7-952Declaration of purpose; definitions; person entitled to initiate paternity action20-7-953Jurisdiction; custody of child; exclusion of public; nature of proceedings; competency to testify; compelling attendance20-7-954Genetic tests; costs20-7-955Settlements and voluntary agreements20-7-956Admissibility of evidence at hearing20-7-957Court order concerning paternity20-7-958Verified voluntary acknowledgment of paternity to create finding of paternity; challenges20-7-960Short title20-7-965Definitions20-7-970Tribunals20-7-974Repealed by 1994 Act No. 494, Section 1, eff July 1, 199420-7-975Remedies20-7-980Personal jurisdiction of family court over nonresident in support or parentage proceeding20-7-985Continuing jurisdiction20-7-990Tribunal may serve as initiating or responding tribunal20-7-995Exercise of jurisdiction in proceeding to establish support order filed after similar filing in another state20-7-1000Continuing jurisdiction to modify child support order; when exclusive; relinquishment of jurisdiction20-7-1005Tribunal as initiating or responding tribunal to enforce or modify support order20-7-1010Determination of jurisdiction where multiple tribunals have issued child support orders20-7-1015Enforcement of multiple registrations of child support orders20-7-1020Credit in this State for amounts collected and credited pursuant to foreign support order20-7-1022Receipt of evidence from another state; communication with tribunal of and obtaining discovery through tribunal of another state20-7-1024Continuing jurisdiction20-7-1025Applicability of subpart; initiating proceeding under subarticle20-7-1030Parties permitted to maintain proceeding on behalf of minor's child20-7-1035Duties of responding tribunal to determine applicable law, duty of support, and amount20-7-1040Duty of initiating tribunal to forward petition and accompanying documents20-7-1045Powers and duties of responding tribunal20-7-1050Duty to forward petition to appropriate tribunal; notice to petitioner20-7-1055Duties of support enforcement agency20-7-1060Order by Attorney General that support enforcement agency perform its duties; reciprocal arrangements for child support20-7-1065Representation by private counsel20-7-1070Department of Social Services as state information agency; duties20-7-1075Petition to establish support order, determine parentage, or register or modify support order; contents20-7-1080Sealing information in petition20-7-1085Fees, costs, and attorney's fees20-7-1090Immunity of petitioner from service for another proceeding while in State for proceeding under this subarticle20-7-1095Nonparentage as defense20-7-1100Proceedings involving nonresident party20-7-1105Communication with other tribunals20-7-1110Powers of tribunal as to discovery20-7-1115Disbursement by agency or tribunal of amounts received pursuant to support order20-7-1120Issuance of support order by responding tribunal; temporary order20-7-1124Mailing of income withholding order issued in another state to employer prior to filing or registering such order in state tribunal20-7-1125Duties of employer receiving income withholding order issued in another state20-7-1126Multiple income withholding orders20-7-1127Employer complying with income withholding order issued in another state not subject to civil liability20-7-1128Employer's wilful failure to comply with order; penalties20-7-1129Contesting validity of income withholding order; notice20-7-1130Enforcement of support and income withholding orders20-7-1132Registration of support order from another state20-7-1134Procedures for registering order of another state; filing petition or comparable pleading20-7-1135Renumbered as Section 20-7-1132 at direction of Code Commissioner20-7-1136Filing of order in registering tribunal of this State; recognition and enforcement20-7-1138Applicable law20-7-1140Notification of nonregistering party and employer of registration; contents of notice; existence of two or more orders20-7-1142Contesting validity or enforcement of registered order20-7-1144Defenses; burden of proof20-7-1145Renumbered as Section 20-7-1136 at direction of Code Commissioner20-7-1146Effect of confirmation of registered order20-7-1148Registration of order for purpose of modification; petition to modify20-7-1150Prerequisites to modification20-7-1152Conditions warranting modification of support order of another state; nonmodifiable aspects of order; jurisdiction20-7-1153Enforcement of child-support order modified by another state20-7-1154Enforcement or modification of order of another state where all parties live in State20-7-1155Filing copy of modified order with issuing tribunal20-7-1155.1Modification where parties who are individuals have not filed consent in issuing tribunal20-7-1156Court of State as responding tribunal20-7-1158Proceedings to determine parentage; evidentiary standard; court-ordered testing; effect of refusal; effect of test results20-7-1160Extradition of individual charged with criminal failure to provide support20-7-1162Prerequisites to compliance with extradition request20-7-1164Construction of subarticle20-7-1165Renumbered as Section 20-7-1144 at direction of Code Commissioner20-7-1166Severability20-7-1170Renumbered as Section 20-7-1146 at direction of Code Commissioner20-7-1200Required contents of court order requiring parent to provide health coverage20-7-1210Duties of employer or health insurer upon receipt of court order20-7-1220Notice of court order to employer providing family health coverage; duties of employer upon receipt of notice and order20-7-1230Withholding by employer for health coverage premiums20-7-1240Withholding of income or tax refunds to reimburse Medicaid expenditures on behalf of child; priority20-7-1250Priority of orders of income withholding; mistake of fact only ground for contesting order to provide health coverage20-7-1260Proof of compliance with order to provide health care coverage20-7-1270Action against employee because of withholding order for health care coverage prohibited20-7-1280Penalty for violation of provisions20-7-1295Unpaid child support obligations; lien in favor of obligee; recordation and registration; filing notice of lien; expiration of lien; neglect or refusal to pay amount due; levy20-7-1315Withholding of income to secure payment of support obligations; definitions; procedures; fines20-7-1316Recording of arrearages as judgment; effect of lien20-7-1317Repealed by 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 27C, eff July 1, 199420-7-1318Definitions20-7-1319Supplemental nature of remedy20-7-1320Order to withhold income earned in another jurisdiction20-7-1321Order to withhold income earned in South Carolina; required documentation; cure of defects; effect of order20-7-1322Service of notice of delinquency; obligor's right to hearing20-7-1323Hearing; presumptions; obligor's defenses; evidence of witnesses in other state20-7-1324Issuance of order to withhold income; notice to obligee20-7-1325Applicability of Section 20-7-1315 to income withholding based on support order of another jurisdiction20-7-1326Receipt of payments by clerk of court; effect of support order entered under Section 20-7-132120-7-1327Amendment of withholding order; notice of changes to agency which requested income withholding20-7-1328Voluntary income withholding20-7-1329Applicability of law of South Carolina to certain issues; applicability of foreign law20-7-1330Repealed by 1996 Act No. 383, Section 2, eff July 1, 199620-7-1331Youth mentor program; participation and availability20-7-1333Repealed by 1996 Act No. 383, Section 2, eff July 1, 199620-7-1335Repealed by 2004 Act No. 276, Section 4, eff July 16, 200420-7-1340Repealed by 1996 Act No. 383, Section 2, eff July 1, 199620-7-1350Penalties for violations by adults20-7-1360Judges; chief family court judges; employment of court reporter and secretary20-7-1370Qualifications and terms of judges; elections; vacancies20-7-1380Compensation of family court judges20-7-1390Rotation of judges20-7-1400Assignment of cases to judges20-7-1410Initial election of judges; additional judgeships20-7-1420Temporary assignment of judges20-7-1430Retirement benefits of abolished officers20-7-1440Fees, costs and allowances20-7-1450Cooperation of societies and agencies; duty of counties and towns to assist20-7-1460Judicial circuit family courts created20-7-1470Prosecutorial functions and duties vested in solicitors20-7-1480Administration of family court system20-7-1490Counties to provide facilities for Family Court system, including intake and probation services by Department of Juvenile Justice20-7-1500Expenses of family courts20-7-1510Repealed by 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 36U, eff January 1, 1995