S.C. Const. art. V, § 12
Jurisdiction in matters testamentary and of administration, in matters appertaining to minors and to persons mentally incompetent, shall be vested as the General Assembly may provide, consistent with the provisions of Section 1 of this article.
(1972 (57) 3176; 1973 (58) 161; 1985 Act No. 9.)
Provisions similar to those which formerly appeared at Art. V Section 12 may now be found at Art. V Section 16.