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SC Code § 63-17-3560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3560. Contesting withholding order.

 (A) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this State by registering the order in a tribunal of this State and filing a contest to that order as provided in Part VI, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this State.  (B) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:  (1) a support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;  (2) each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and  (3) the person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, reenacted this section with no change.
SC Code § 63-17-3570 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3570. Enforcement of orders.

 (A) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this State.  (B) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this State to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this article.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, in (A), substituted "in another state or a foreign support order" for "by a tribunal of another state".  PART VI REGISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER  Subpart 1  Registration for Enforcement of Support Order  DERIVATION TABLE  Showing the sections in former Chapter 7, Title 20 from which the sections in this subpart were derived.  New  Section Former  Section 63-17-3610 20-7-1132 63-17-3620 20-7-1134 63-17-3630 20-7-1136 63-17-3640 20-7-1138
SC Code § 63-17-3610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3610. Registration of out-of-state order.

 A support order or income-withholding order issued in a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this State for enforcement.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, substituted "issued in a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order" for "issued by a tribunal of another state".
SC Code § 63-17-3620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3620. Registration procedures.

 (A) Except as provided in Section 63-17-3935, a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this State by sending the following records to the Department of Social Services:  (1) a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement;  (2) two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification of the order;  (3) a sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage;  (4) the name of the obligor and, if known:  (a) the obligor's address and social security number;  (b) the name and address of the obligor's employer and any other source of income of the obligor; and  (c) a description and the location of property of the obligor in this State not exempt from execution; and  (5) except as otherwise provided in Section 63-17-3320, the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom support payments are to be remitted.  (B) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order, together with one copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.  (C) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must be affirmatively sought under other law of this State may be filed at the same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for the remedy sought.  (D) If two or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration shall:  (1) furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section;  (2) specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and  (3) specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.  (E) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, in (A), inserted "Except as provided in Section 63-17-3935,", inserted "or a foreign support order", and deleted "and information" following "records"; and in (B), substituted "filed as an order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order" for "filed as a foreign judgment".
SC Code § 63-17-3630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3630. Filing order.

 (A) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this State.  (B) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this State.  (C) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, in (A), inserted "or a foreign support order"; and in (B), inserted "support" before "order", and inserted "or a foreign country".
SC Code § 63-17-3640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3640. Applicable law.

 (A) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (D), the law of the issuing state or a foreign country governs:  (1) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registered support order;  (2) the computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the support order; and  (3) the existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the support order.  (B) In a proceeding for arrears under a registered support order, the statute of limitation of this State or of the issuing state or a foreign country, whichever is longer, applies.  (C) A responding tribunal of this State shall apply the procedures and remedies of this State to enforce current support and collect arrears and interest due on a support order of another state or a foreign country registered in this State.  (D) After a tribunal of this State or another state determines which is the controlling order and issues an order consolidating arrears, if any, a tribunal of this State shall prospectively apply the law of the state or foreign country issuing the controlling order, including its law on interest on arrears, on current and future support, and on consolidated arrears.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, inserted reference to "foreign country" throughout, and in (D), inserted "State" before "or another jurisdiction".  Subpart 2  Contest of Validity or Enforcement  DERIVATION TABLE  Showing the sections in former Chapter 7, Title 20 from which the sections in this subpart were derived.  New  Section Former  Section 63-17-3710 20-7-1140 63-17-3720 20-7-1142 63-17-3730 20-7-1144 63-17-3740 20-7-1146
SC Code § 63-17-3710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3710. Notification of registration.

 (A) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this State shall notify the nonregistering party. Notice must be given by first-class, certified, or registered mail or by any means of personal service authorized by the law of this State. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.  (B) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:  (1) that a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this State;  (2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty days after notice unless the registered order is under Section 63-17-3940;  (3) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and  (4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.  (C) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice also must:  (1) identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;  (2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;  (3) state that the procedures provided in subsection (B) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and  (4) state that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.  (D) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer pursuant to Articles 11, 13, and 15.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 332, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, in (A), inserted "or a foreign support order" and "of this State" in the first sentence; in (B)(2), inserted "unless the registered order is under Section 63-17-3940"; in (C)(1), substituted "party" for "person"; and in (D), inserted "the support enforcement agency or".
SC Code § 63-17-3720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3720. Contesting validity of order.

 (A) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in this State shall request a hearing within twenty days after notice of the registration. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation of noncompliance with the registered order, or to contest the remedies being sought or the amount of any alleged arrearages pursuant to Section 63-17-3730.  (B) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner, the order is confirmed by operation of law.  (C) If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order, the registering tribunal shall schedule the matter for hearing and give notice to the parties of the date, time, and place of the hearing.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, reenacted this section with no change.
SC Code § 63-17-3730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3730. Defenses; burden of proof.

 (A) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:  (1) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party;  (2) the order was obtained by fraud;  (3) the order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order;  (4) the issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal;  (5) there is a defense under the law of this State to the remedy sought;  (6) full or partial payment has been made;  (7) the statute of limitation under Section 63-17-3640 precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages; or  (8) the alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.  (B) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under subsection (A), a tribunal may stay enforcement of the registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion of the registered support order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of this State.  (C) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under subsection (A) to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, in (A) and (B), inserted "support" before "order"; and in (C), inserted "a registered support" before "order".
SC Code § 63-17-3740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3740. Confirmation.

 Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, inserted "support" before "order".  Subpart 3  Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State  DERIVATION TABLE  Showing the sections in former Chapter 7, Title 20 from which the sections in this subpart were derived.  New  Section Former  Section 63-17-3810 20-7-1148 63-17-3820 20-7-1150 63-17-3830 20-7-1152 63-17-3840 20-7-1153 63-17-3850 20-7-1154 63-17-3860 20-7-1155 63-17-3870 20-7-1155.1
SC Code § 63-17-3810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3810. Registration to modify.

 A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in this State in the same manner provided in subpart 1 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, substituted "subpart 1" for "Subpart 1".
SC Code § 63-17-3820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3820. Prerequisites to modification.

 A tribunal of this State may enforce a child-support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this State, but the registered support order may be modified only if the requirements of Section 63-17-3830 or 63-17-3850 have been met.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, inserted "support" before "order", and substituted "requirements of Section 63-17-3830 or 63-17-3850 have been met" for "requirements of Section 63-17-3830, 63-17-3850, or 63-17-3870 have been met".
SC Code § 63-17-3830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3830. Conditions for modification.

 (A) If Section 63-17-3850 does not apply, upon petition, a tribunal of this State may modify a child-support order issued in another state which is registered in this State if, after notice and hearing, the tribunal finds that:  (1) the following requirements are met:  (a) neither the child, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the obligor resides in the issuing state;  (b) a petitioner who is a nonresident of this State seeks modification; and  (c) the respondent is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of this State; or  (2) this State is the residence of the child, or a party who is an individual is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of this State, and all of the parties who are individuals have filed consents in a record in the issuing tribunal for a tribunal of this State to modify the support order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.  (B) Modification of a registered child-support order is subject to the same requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to the modification of an order issued by a tribunal of this State and the order may be enforced and satisfied in the same manner.  (C) A tribunal of this State may not modify any aspect of a child-support order that may not be modified under the law of the issuing state, including the duration of the obligation of support. If two or more tribunals have issued child-support orders for the same obligor and same child, the order that controls and must be so recognized under Section 63-17-3070 establishes the aspects of the support order which are nonmodifiable.  (D) In a proceeding to modify a child-support order, the law of the state that is determined to have issued the initial controlling order governs the duration of the obligation of support. The obligor's fulfillment of the duty of support established by that order precludes imposition of a further obligation of support by a tribunal of this State.  (E) On the issuance of an order by a tribunal of this State modifying a child-support order issued in another state, the tribunal of this State becomes the tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.  (F) Notwithstanding subsections (A) through (E) and Section 63-17-3010(B), a tribunal of this State retains jurisdiction to modify an order issued by a tribunal of this State if:  (1) one party resides in another state; and  (2) the other party resides outside the United States.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, in (A), deleted "except as otherwise provided in Section 63-17-3870," before "does not apply,", in (A)(2), inserted "state of" before "residence"; in (C), deleted "Except as otherwise provided in Section 63-17-3870," from the beginning; and added (F).
SC Code § 63-17-3840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3840. Enforcement of modified order.

 If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this State is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this State:  (1) may enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;  (2) may provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and  (3) shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, reenacted this section with no change.
SC Code § 63-17-3850 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3850. Enforcement of modification with in-state parties.

 (A) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this State and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this State has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child-support order in a proceeding to register that order.  (B) A tribunal of this State exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of Parts I and II, this part, and the procedural and substantive law of this State to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Parts III, IV, V, VII, and VIII do not apply.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, reenacted this section with no change.
SC Code § 63-17-3860 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support|Section 63-17-3860. Filing order.

 Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child-support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been registered. A party who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does not affect the validity or enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, reenacted this section with no change.  Subpart 4  Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order