Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-04-12
About the Adoption OF Legitimate Children.

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| herit, F." approved December "a,
1892, appearing as Section 2,2O4 Of
the revision of 1893, relating to
the adoption of children, approved
the 5'h day of March, A. d., 1896,
so as TO make it apply to any child
or children under certain circum-
stances.
Section |. BE it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, That an Act en-
titled can Act to amend an Act to
provide for the adoption of legiti-
mate children aud allowing them to
Inherit" approved December %,
1892, appearing as Scot ton 2,2O4 of
the revision of 1893, relating to the
adoption of children, approved the
9Th day of March, A. d., 1896, so as
to make it apply to any child or chill
dren under certain circumstances, be,
and the same is hereby, amended by
striking out the word "legitimate"
on line two of the amended section
and adding proviso to said section,
so that as amended The said Act shall
read as follows:
Section 1. AN person or persons
who may desire to adopt child or
children in this State and confer
upon such child or children 40 ad
opted the right to inherit as the law
ful child of the said person or per-
sons, whether it be desired to change
the name Of such child or children
or not, shall be authorized to file his
or their petition in the Court of
Common Pleas for the county in
which he, she or they reside, and
thereupon the Court, upon an ex-
animation into the merits of the said
petition, either in open Court or
upon reference, shall be authorized
to grant the prayer thereof, upon
such terms as may to the Court seem
proper, and thereupon the name of
the said child or children shall be
changed, if so provided in the decree
of said Court, and such child or chill
drcn shall be entitled to inherit from
the said petitioner or petitioners as
his, her or their lawful child or chill
drcn: Provided, That before any
hearing shall be had on said petition
the child or children so sought to be
adopted, and whose name or names
are sought to be changed, shall be
served with copy of said petition,
and guardian ad Item for such child
or children shall - appointed as in
other civil actions Provided fur
thcr, that whenever the child or chill
drcn, whose adoption may be desired
by any person or persons, in accor-
dance with the foregoing provisions
OF this section, is or are an inmate or
inmates of any orphan house within
this State, then the petition for the
adoption of such child or children
herclnbeforc required may be filed,
and all other proceedings in refer
cncc thereto had in the Court of
Common Pleas for the county in
which such orphan house is situated,
with like force and effect in every
respect as if such petition had been
filed and such proceedings had in the
| Court Of Common Pleas for the
county in which such petitioner or
petitioners may reside Provided,
That no person in this State shall
adopt an illcgitimate child unless
the father and mother of such child,
if both were unmarried at the time
of its birth, could have lawfully con-
tr"ctcd matrimony under the Con-
stitution and laws Of this State, nor
when the person seeking to adors an
lllcgitimate child has, at time Of fill
ing the petition, either a lawful wife
or child, unless the wife is the
mother of such illegitimate child
Provided, further, That no person
who adopts any illcgitimate child
shall give to such child, by deed, will
or otherwise, any greater portion of
his estate than is now allowed by
law, unless such person has no law
full wife or issue living at the time
of his death; nor shall such illegiti-
mate child inherit, in case Of intes-
tacy, from the adopted parent any
greater portion of his estate than
may be given to such child by deed
or will, when such intcstate leaves a
widow or lawful issue surviving
him: Provided, That no person in
this State shall adopt an illegitimate
child unless the father and mother
OF such child, if both were unmarried
ut the time of its birth, could have
lawfully contracted matrimony under
the Constitution and laws of this
State, nor when the person seeking
to adopt an illcgitimatc has, at the
time Of filing the petition, either
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