A child in SC will be charged as an adult automatically – in General Sessions Court – if they are 1) at last 16 years old, and 2) they are charged with a class A, B, C, or D felony or if the charges carry a maximum penalty of 15 years or more.nnSome children can be charged as an adult when they are as young as 14 – for example, if they are charged with murder. In some cases, we can ask for a “waiver hearing” to ask the court to send the child’s case back to the family court for adjudication.