South Carolina H 3442: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-9-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY ADOPT A CHILD, SO AS TO ADD CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH A NONRESIDENT MAY ADOPT AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE RIGHT TO FILE A PETITION FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT REGARD TO WHOM HAS CUSTODY OF THE CHILD; TO AMEND SECTIONS 63-9-750 AND 63-9-1110, RELATING TO ADOPTION HEARINGS AND STEPPARENT OR RELATIVE ADOPTIONS, RESPECTIVELY, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; AND BY ADDING SECTION 63-9-370 SO AS TO ADDRESS THE RIGHT TO ADOPT A CHILD IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. - ratified title

Status: Act No. 144 (as of 2018-04-09)

State: South Carolina · Session: 2017-2018 · Bill: H 3442

Sponsors: B. Newton, Ballentine, Bedingfield, Clary, Delleney, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Hamilton, Henderson, Henegan, Hixon, King, Kirby, Knight, Martin, Norman, Norrell, Pope, Putnam, Simrill, Thayer, V.S. Moss, W. Newton, West

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