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SC Code § 20-4-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-70. Duration of order of protection; modification of terms.

 (A) An order of protection issued under Section 20-4-60 must be for a fixed time not less than six months nor more than one year unless the parties have reconciled as evidenced by an order of dismissal and may be extended or terminated by order of the court upon motion by either party showing good cause with notice to the other party. A respondent has the right to a hearing on the extension of an order issued pursuant to this section within thirty days of the date upon which the order will expire. If the parties reconcile, the issuing court may grant an order of dismissal without a hearing if the petitioner receiving the order of protection to be dismissed appears personally at the offices of the issuing court, shows proper identification, and signs a written request to dismiss based on the reconciliation.  (B) Provisions included in an order of protection granting relief pursuant to Section 20-4-60(C) must be enforced until further order of the court following the issuance of the order unless before the expiration of the period the court has scheduled a hearing pursuant to the filing of an action for divorce or separate support and maintenance to determine the temporary rights and obligations of the parties with respect to support of a spouse or children, custody and visitation, or the distribution of personal property. If the hearing has been scheduled, relief granted under Section 20-4-60(C) remains in effect until an order pursuant to the hearing is issued by the court.  (C) The family court may modify the terms of any order issued under this section.  (D) An order of protection issued by a magistrate expires as provided under the terms of the order or upon the issuance of a subsequent order by the family court, whichever occurs first.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 484, Section 2; 1995 Act No. 138, Section 3, eff June 28, 1995; 1998 Act No. 270, Section 1, eff April 7, 1998.
SC Code § 20-4-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-80. Mailing or service of order.

 A certified copy of an order of protection must be mailed to or served upon the petitioner, the respondent, and local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction in the area where the petitioner resides. No charge may be made to the petitioner for such action.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 484, Section 2; 2005 Act No. 166, Section 10, eff January 1, 2006.
SC Code § 20-4-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-90. Sheriff's department to assist in execution of order.

 When any order is issued pursuant to this chapter, upon request of the petitioner, the court may, as part of the order, require the sheriff's department or the police department pursuant to duties described under Section 20-4-100 to accompany the petitioner and assist in placing the petitioner in the possession of the dwelling or residence or otherwise assist in execution of service of the order.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 484, Section 2.
SC Code § 20-4-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-100. Responsibilities of law enforcement officer.

 The primary duty of a law enforcement officer when responding to a domestic abuse incident is to enforce the laws allegedly violated and to protect the abused person if facts are found which substantiate the complaint. In such incidents, the law enforcement officer must take the following protective measures:  (a) Notify the abused person of the right to initiate criminal proceedings and to seek an order of protection under this chapter.  (b) Advise the parties of the importance of preserving evidence. To provide protection to the petitioner and any minor children, the officer may offer or arrange to provide transportation of the abused person to a hospital for treatment of injuries or to a place of shelter or safety and to accompany the abused person to his or her residence to allow for the removal of clothing, medication, and such personal property as is reasonably necessary.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 484, Section 2.
SC Code § 20-4-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-110. Immunity from civil or criminal liability.

 Any person who makes a report pursuant to this chapter or who participates in judicial proceedings resulting therefrom, acting in good faith, is immune from civil and criminal liability which might otherwise result by reason of such actions. In all such civil or criminal proceedings good faith is rebuttably presumed.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 484, Section 2.
SC Code § 20-4-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-120. Actions not affecting right to relief.

 The petitioner's right to relief under this chapter is not affected by leaving the residence or household to avoid further abuse.  The petitioner's right to relief under this chapter is not affected by the use of such physical force against the respondent as is reasonably believed by the petitioner to be necessary to defend the petitioner or others from imminent physical injury or abuse.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 484, Section 2.
SC Code § 20-4-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-130. Applicability of other remedies.

 Any proceeding under this chapter is in addition to other civil and criminal remedies.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 484, Section 2.
SC Code § 20-4-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-160. Domestic Violence Fund.

 (A) There is established the Domestic Violence Fund, a fund separate and distinct from the general fund, in the State Treasury. The fund must be administered by the Department of Social Services and revenues of the fund must be used solely to award grants to domestic violence centers and programs in the State.  (B) In order for a domestic violence center or program to be eligible to receive funds, it must be a nonprofit corporation and must:  (1) have been in operation on the preceding July 1 and continue to be in operation; and  (2) offer the following services:  (a) a twenty-four hour hotline;  (b) transportation services;  (c) community education programs;  (d) daytime services, including counseling; and  (e) other criteria as may be established by the department.  (C) The Domestic Violence Fund must receive its revenue from that portion of marriage license fees provided for in Section 20-1-375 and donations, contributions, bequests, or other gifts made to the fund. Contributions to the fund must not be used to supplant existing funds appropriated to the department for domestic violence programs and grants. Monies in the fund may be carried forward from one fiscal year to the next, and interest earned on monies in the fund must be retained by the fund.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 91, Section 1, eff August 22, 2001.
SC Code § 20-4-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-310. Citation of article.

 This article may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act".  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 61, Section 1, eff June 8, 2007.
SC Code § 20-4-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-320. Definitions.

 For purposes of this article:  (1) "Foreign protection order" means a protection order issued by a tribunal of another state.  (2) "Issuing state" means the state whose tribunal issues a protection order.  (3) "Mutual foreign protection order" means a foreign protection order that includes provisions in favor of both the protected individual seeking enforcement of the order and the respondent.  (4) "Protected individual" means an individual protected by a protection order.  (5) "Protection order" means an injunction or other order, issued by a tribunal under the domestic violence, family violence, or anti-stalking laws of the issuing state, to prevent an individual from engaging in violent or threatening acts against, harassment of, contact or communication with, or physical proximity to, another individual.  (6) "Respondent" means the individual against whom enforcement of a protection order is sought.  (7) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes an Indian tribe or band that has jurisdiction to issue protection orders.  (8) "Tribunal" means a court, agency, or other entity authorized by law to issue or modify a protection order.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 61, Section 1, eff June 8, 2007.
SC Code § 20-4-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-330. Judicial enforcement of foreign protection order; determining validity of order.

 (A) A person authorized by the law of this State to seek enforcement of a protection order may seek enforcement of a valid foreign protection order in a tribunal of this State. The tribunal shall enforce the terms of the order, including terms that provide relief that a tribunal of this State would lack power to provide but for this section. The tribunal shall enforce the order, whether the order was obtained by independent action or in another proceeding, if it is an order issued in response to a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on behalf of an individual seeking protection. In a proceeding to enforce a foreign protection order, the tribunal shall follow the procedures of this State for the enforcement of protection orders.  (B) A tribunal of this State may not enforce a foreign protection order issued by a tribunal of a state that does not recognize the standing of a protected individual to seek enforcement of the order.  (C) A tribunal of this State shall enforce the provisions of a valid foreign protection order, which govern custody and visitation, if the order was issued in accordance with the jurisdictional requirements governing the issuance of custody and visitation orders in the issuing state.  (D) A foreign protection order is valid if it:  (1) identifies the protected individual and the respondent;  (2) is currently in effect;  (3) was issued by a tribunal that had jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter under the law of the issuing state; and  (4) was issued after the respondent was given reasonable notice and had an opportunity to be heard before the tribunal issued the order or, in the case of an order ex parte, the respondent was given notice and has had or will have an opportunity to be heard within a reasonable time after the order was issued, in a manner consistent with the rights of the respondent to due process.  (E) A foreign protection order valid on its face is prima facie evidence of its validity.  (F) Absence of any of the criteria for validity of a foreign protection order is an affirmative defense in an action-seeking enforcement of the order.  (G) A tribunal of this State may enforce provisions of a mutual foreign protection order which favor a respondent only if:  (1) the respondent filed a written pleading seeking a protection order from the tribunal of the issuing state; and  (2) the tribunal of the issuing state made specific findings in favor of the respondent.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 61, Section 1, eff June 8, 2007.
SC Code § 20-4-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-340. Enforcement by law enforcement officer; service of order on respondent.

 (A) A law enforcement officer of this State, upon determining that there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists and that the order has been violated, shall enforce the order as if it were the order of a tribunal of this State. Presentation of a protection order that identifies both the protected individual and the respondent and, on its face, is currently in effect constitutes probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists. For the purposes of this section, the protection order may be inscribed on a tangible medium or may have been stored in an electronic or other medium if it is retrievable in perceivable form. Presentation of a certified copy of a protection order is not required for enforcement.  (B) If a foreign protection order is not presented, a law enforcement officer of this State may consider other information in determining whether there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists.  (C) If a law enforcement officer of this State determines that an otherwise valid foreign protection order cannot be enforced because the respondent has not been notified or served with the order, the officer shall inform the respondent of the order, make a reasonable effort to serve the order upon the respondent, and allow the respondent a reasonable opportunity to comply with the order before enforcing the order.  (D) Registration or filing of an order in this State is not required for the enforcement of a valid foreign protection order pursuant to this article.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 61, Section 1, eff June 8, 2007.
SC Code § 20-4-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-350. Registration; presentation to family court; affidavit of currency; entry in state or federal registry; fee.

 (A) Any individual may register a foreign protection order in this State. To register a foreign protection order, an individual shall present a certified copy of the order to the family court.  (B) Upon receipt of a foreign protection order, the family court shall register the order in accordance with this section. After the order is registered, the family court shall furnish to the individual registering the order a certified copy of the registered order.  (C) The family court shall register an order upon presentation of a copy of a protection order, which has been certified by the issuing state. A registered foreign protection order that is inaccurate or is not currently in effect must be corrected or removed from the registry in accordance with the law of this State.  (D) An individual registering a foreign protection order shall file an affidavit by the protected individual in the family court stating that, to the best of the protected individual's knowledge, the order is currently in effect.  (E) A foreign protection order registered under this article may be entered in any existing state or federal registry of protection orders, in accordance with applicable law.  (F) A fee may not be charged for the registration of a foreign protection order.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 61, Section 1, eff June 8, 2007.
SC Code § 20-4-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-360. Immunity.

 This State or a local governmental agency, or a law enforcement officer, prosecuting attorney, clerk of court, or any state or local governmental official acting in an official capacity, is immune from civil and criminal liability for an act or omission arising out of the registration or enforcement of a foreign protection order or the detention or arrest of an alleged violator of a foreign protection order if the act or omission was done in good faith in an effort to comply with this article.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 61, Section 1, eff June 8, 2007.
SC Code § 20-4-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-370. Remedies available to protected individual.

 A protected individual who pursues remedies under this article is not precluded from pursuing other legal or equitable remedies against the respondent.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 61, Section 1, eff June 8, 2007.
SC Code § 20-4-375 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-375. Filing false protection order; criminal penalty; civil liability.

 (A) A person who knowingly or wilfully makes, presents, files, or attempts to file a false, fictitious, or fraudulent foreign protection order is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both, in the discretion of the court.  (B) If a family court determines that a person has knowingly or wilfully made, presented, filed, or attempted to file a false, fictitious, or fraudulent foreign protection order, the respondent is entitled to recover from the person who made, presented, filed, or attempted to file the report such relief as may be appropriate, including:  (1) actual damages;  (2) punitive damages; and  (3) a reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation costs reasonably incurred.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 61, Section 1, eff June 8, 2007.
SC Code § 20-4-380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-380. Construction of act.

 In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 61, Section 1, eff June 8, 2007.
SC Code § 20-4-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-390. Severability.

 If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this article, and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 61, Section 1, eff June 8, 2007.
SC Code § 20-4-395 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Protection From Domestic Abuse|Section 20-4-395. Applicability.

 This article applies to protection orders issued before July 1, 2007, and to continuing actions for enforcement of foreign protection orders commenced before July 1, 2007. A request for enforcement of a foreign protection order made after June 30, 2007, for violations of a foreign protection order occurring before July 1, 2007, is governed by this article.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 61, Section 1, eff June 8, 2007.
SC Code § 20-5-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Property Rights Of Married Women|Section 20-5-10. Powers of wife as to property and contracts generally.

 A married woman may purchase any species of property in her own name and take proper legal conveyances therefor and may bind herself by contract in the same manner and to the same extent as though she were unmarried. All such contracts shall be legal and obligatory and may be enforced at law or in equity by or against such married woman in her own name, apart from her husband.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 20-201; 1952 Code Section 20-201; 1942 Code Section 8575; 1932 Code Section 8575; Civ. C. '22 Section 5540; Civ. C. '12 Section 3761; Civ. C. '02 Section 2668; G. S. 2037; R. S. 2167; 1897 (20) 1121; Const. 1895 Art. 17 Section 9.
SC Code § 20-5-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Property Rights Of Married Women|Section 20-5-20. Power of wife to convey, bequeath, and devise separate property; descent.

 A married woman shall have power to bequeath, devise or convey her separate property in the same manner and to the same extent as if she were unmarried and, dying intestate, her property shall descend in the same manner as the law provides for the descent of the property of husbands. All deeds, mortgages and legal instruments of whatever kind shall be executed by her in the same manner and have the same legal force and effect as if she were unmarried.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 20-202; 1952 Code Section 20-202; 1942 Code Section 8574; 1932 Code Section 8574; Civ. C. '22 Section 5539; Civ. C. '12 Section 3760; Civ. C. '02 Section 2667; G. S. 2036; R. S. 2166; 1870 (14) 325.
SC Code § 20-5-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Property Rights Of Married Women|Section 20-5-30. Wife's property is not subject to husband's debts.

 The real and personal property of a married woman, whether held by her at the time of her marriage or accrued to her thereafter, either by gift, grant, inheritance, devise, purchase or otherwise, shall not be subject to levy and sale for her husband's debts but shall be her separate property.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 20-203; 1952 Code Section 20-203; 1942 Code Section 8572; 1932 Code Section 8572; Civ. C. '22 Section 5537; Civ. C. '12 Section 3758; Civ. C. '02 Section 2665; G. S. 2035; R. S. 2164; 1870 (14) 325.
SC Code § 20-5-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Property Rights Of Married Women|Section 20-5-40. Earnings and income of married women.

 All the earnings and income of a married woman shall be her own separate estate and shall be governed by the same provisions of law as apply to her other separate estate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 20-204; 1952 Code Section 20-204; 1942 Code Section 8573; 1932 Code Section 8573; Civ. C. '22 Section 5538; Civ. C. '12 Section 3759; Civ. C. '02 Section 2666; R. S. 2165; 1887 (19) 819.
SC Code § 20-5-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Property Rights Of Married Women|Section 20-5-50. Requisites of marriage contracts, deeds, and settlements.

 All marriage contracts, deeds and settlements shall therein describe, specify and particularize the real and personal estate thereby intended to be included, comprehended, conveyed and passed or shall have a schedule thereto annexed containing a description and the particulars and articles of the real and personal estate intended to be conveyed and passed by such marriage contracts, deeds and settlements. Any such schedule shall be annexed to the contract, deed or other settlement paper, signed, executed and delivered by the parties therein interested at the time of the signing, executing and delivering the marriage contract, deed or settlement, be subscribed by the same witness who subscribed the marriage contract, deed or settlement and be recorded therewith; otherwise, and in default of such schedule and recording thereof as aforesaid, the marriage contract, deed or settlement shall be deemed and declared to be fraudulent, null and void with respect to and against creditors and bona fide purchasers or mortgagees.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 20-205; 1952 Code Section 20-205; 1942 Code Section 8576; 1932 Code Section 8576; Civ. C. '22 Section 5541; Civ. C. '12 Section 3762; Civ. C. '02 Section 2669; G. S. 2038; R. S. 2168; 1792 (5) 203.