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SC Code § 63-3-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-30. Judges' qualifications and terms.

 (A)(1) No person shall be eligible to the office of family court judge who is not at the time of his assuming the duties of such office a citizen of the United States and of this State, and has not attained the age of thirty-two years, has not been a licensed attorney at law for at least eight years, and has not been a resident of this State for five years next preceding his election, and is not a resident of the circuit wherein the family court of which he is a judge is located. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any former member of the General Assembly may be elected to the office of family court judge.  (2) Any family court judge serving in office on the effective date of the provisions of this section requiring a family court judge to be at least thirty-two years of age and to have at least eight years of service as a licensed attorney at law who is not of that age or who has not been licensed for this required period of time may continue to serve for the remainder of his current term and is considered to have the requisite age and years of service as a licensed attorney at law for purposes of future re-elections to the office of family court judge.  (B) Family court judges must be elected by the General Assembly for terms of six years and until their successors are elected and qualify.  (C) The terms of all family court judges expire on the thirtieth day of June of the year in which their terms are scheduled to expire.  (D) For the purpose of electing family court judges, if more than one judge is to be elected from a circuit, each judgeship in that circuit shall be serially numbered beginning with the number (1) and the General Assembly shall elect a judge for each such judgeship. Any candidate for the office of family court judge in a circuit shall specifically file and run for a serially-numbered judgeship in that circuit.  (E) When a vacancy occurs for an unexpired term in an office of family court judge, the Governor, upon recommendation of the Chief Justice, shall commission a temporary family court judge to fill such vacancy until such time as the General Assembly shall elect a successor who shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. Such temporary family court judge shall receive as compensation for his services the salary paid to a regular family court judge and in addition thereto shall also receive the subsistence and mileage as authorized by law for family court judges.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-40. Initial election.

 (A) The General Assembly shall elect a number of family court judges from each judicial circuit as follows:  First Circuit Three Judges Second Circuit Two Judges Third Circuit Three Judges Fourth Circuit Three Judges Fifth Circuit Four Judges Sixth Circuit Two Judges Seventh Circuit Three Judges Eighth Circuit Three Judges Ninth Circuit Six Judges Tenth Circuit Three Judges Eleventh Circuit Three Judges Twelfth Circuit Three Judges Thirteenth Circuit Six Judges Fourteenth Circuit Three Judges Fifteenth Circuit Three Judges Sixteenth Circuit Two Judges   (B) In the following judicial circuits at least one family court judge must be a resident of each county in the circuit: fifth, seventh, tenth, twelfth, thirteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth. In those judicial circuits made up of three or more counties, at least one family court judge must be a resident of one of the counties which does not have the largest population in the circuit. In the ninth circuit, both counties in the circuit must have at least two resident family court judges.  (C) No county in the sixth circuit shall have more than one resident family court judge.  (D) In addition to the judges authorized by this section, there must be eight additional family court judges elected by the General Assembly from the State at large for terms of office of six years. These additional judges must be elected without regard to county or circuit of residence. Each office of the at-large judges is a separate office and is assigned numerical designations of Seat No. 1 through Seat No. 8, respectively.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2012 Act No. 241, Section 2, eff June 18, 2012; 2016 Act No. 253 (H.4877), Section 1, eff June 7, 2016.  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 241, Section 3, provides as follows:  "The Judicial Merit Selection Commission shall begin the process of nominating candidates for the judicial offices authorized by the provisions of SECTIONS 1 and 2, and the General Assembly then shall elect these judges from the nominees of the commission; except that, the nominating process may not begin until funding for the additional judges is provided in the general appropriations act."  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment added subsection (D).  2016 Act No. 253, Section 1, amended (D), adding two additional family court judges.
SC Code § 63-3-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-50. Compensation of judges.

 Family court judges shall receive such compensation as shall be provided by the General Assembly. The compensation of a family court judge shall not be reduced during his term of office. All family court judges shall also receive such subsistence and mileage as may be authorized by law for circuit court judges while holding court without the county in which the judge resides.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-60. Retirement for abolished officers.

 A judge or master whose judicial office is eliminated by the provisions of this act shall be given credit for state retirement purposes for the time in which he served as judge or master under a formula to be determined by rule and regulation of the Public Employee Benefit Authority.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1).
SC Code § 63-3-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-310. Administration of family court system.

 The Supreme Court by rule shall provide for the administration of the family court system.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-320. Rotation of judges.

 All family court judges in a circuit, including the chief family court judge, shall rotate among all counties in the circuit as directed by the chief family court judge under the direction and supervision of the Chief Justice.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-330. Assignment of cases.

 If two or more family court judges are presiding in the same county at the same time, the chief family court judge shall make assignments of the cases in such county to those judges.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-340. Temporary assignment of judges.

 The Chief Justice, in his discretion and based upon caseload requirements and need, may temporarily assign a family court judge to preside in another circuit other than the one in which he is a resident.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-350. Physical facilities.

 Each county shall provide sufficient physical facilities for the operation of the statewide Family Court system in that county, including facilities necessary for the provision of intake and probation services by the Department of Juvenile Justice.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-360. Expenses of family courts.

 The General Assembly shall in the annual general appropriations act provide for the salaries, equipment and supplies of family court judges and the court reporters and secretaries authorized by the provisions of subsection (C) of Section 63-3-20. All other costs necessary for the operation of the family court system in a county including the salaries of necessary support personnel shall be provided for by the governing body of that county.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-370. Fees and costs.

 (A) In delinquency and neglect actions no court fee may be charged against and no witness fee is allowed to a party to a petition. No officer of this State or of a political subdivision of this State may receive a fee for the service of process or for attendance in court in the proceeding, except that in divorce proceedings the officer is allowed the fee provided by law and except when the sheriff or clerk of court has entered into a cooperative agreement with the South Carolina Department of Social Services pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act for the reimbursement of federal matching funds. All other persons acting under orders of the court may be paid for services or service of process fees provided by law for like services in cases before the circuit court, to be paid from the appropriation provided when the allowances are certified to by the judge.  (B) The sheriff, municipal police, constable, or any peace officer shall serve all papers in delinquency, dependency, and neglect cases without costs, except as provided for in subsection (A).  (C) In actions for support for the spouse or dependent children, when paid through the court or through a centralized wage withholding system operated by the Department of Social Services and not directly, the court shall assess costs against the party required to pay the support in the amount of five percent of the support paid, which costs must be in addition to the support money paid. The revenue from the costs must be remitted as provided in Section 14-1-203.  By making the additional five percent payment on child support required by this subsection to the court or through the centralized wage withholding system operated by the Department of Social Services, the payor agrees:  (1) that this payment is in satisfaction of court costs assessed;  (2) that this payment is not child support under 45 CFR 302.51 but is in addition to all child support paid;  (3) to the distribution of this payment to the State for court costs.  (D) In actions initiated by the department pursuant to Section 63-7-1650 or 63-7-1660, the court, only after a hearing on the merits, may impose a fee of one hundred dollars against the defendant. If the court does not order removal of custody or intervention and protective services with the child remaining in the home, the fee must be waived. The court may assess the fee against any one defendant or apportion the fee among multiple defendants. The fee may be paid in installments as the court may order; however, the court may not assess a defendant a fee if the defendant's legal assistance is paid for with public funds or if the defendant is qualified for court appointment in accordance with Section 63-7-1620. The clerk of court shall collect the fee and remit it to the department. The department shall retain the fees remitted to be used to offset the expenses associated with its legal representation in child abuse and neglect cases.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-520. Traffic and wildlife jurisdiction.

 (A) The magistrate courts and municipal courts of this State have concurrent jurisdiction with the family courts for the trial of persons under seventeen years of age charged with traffic violations or violations of the provisions of Title 50 relating to fish, game, and watercraft when these courts would have jurisdiction of the offense charged if committed by an adult.  (B) The family court shall report to the Department of Motor Vehicles all adjudications of a juvenile for moving traffic violations and other violations that affect the juvenile's privilege to operate a motor vehicle including, but not limited to, controlled substance and alcohol violations as required by other courts of this State pursuant to Section 56-1-330 and shall report to the Department of Natural Resources adjudications of the provisions of Title 50.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-540. Cooperation of agencies, government entities, and institutions.

 The court is authorized to seek the cooperation of all societies or organizations, public or private, having for their object the protection or aid of delinquent or neglected children, to the end that the court may be assisted in every reasonable way to give to the children the care, protection, and assistance which will conserve their welfare. Every state, county, town, or municipal official or department shall assist and cooperate within his or its jurisdictional power to further the objects of this title. All institutions, associations, or other custodial agencies in which a child may be, coming within the provisions of this title, are required to give information to the court, or an officer appointed by it, the court or officer requires for the purposes of this title.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-545 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-545. Clerk of family court shall report the issuance, rescission, or termination of any permanent restraining orders and orders of protection.

 Section effective October 1, 2021.  (A) The clerk of the family court shall report to the State Law Enforcement Division, within five days, weekends and holidays excluded, the issuance, rescission, or termination of any:  (1) permanent restraining orders;  (2) family court orders of protection from domestic abuse act orders; or  (3) any other restraining orders, orders of protection, or other orders that prohibit a person from legally purchasing or possessing a firearm, including any and all orders referenced in Section 16-25-30, but only upon being directed to transmit such orders by the appropriate judge. For any form orders provided by Court Administration that may require transmission pursuant to this subsection, Court Administration shall include within the form order a checked box option that the judge may select when appropriate to order the clerk to transmit the appropriate information to SLED.  (B) The reporting required by this section must be made in a format approved by the State Law Enforcement Division and Court Administration.  HISTORY: 2021 Act No. 66 (H.3094), Section 10.D, eff October 1, 2021.  Editor's Note  2021 Act No. 66, Section 1, provides as follows:  "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Open Carry With Training Act'."
SC Code § 63-3-550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-550. Standing to institute a proceeding regarding neglected or delinquent child.

 The parent or custodian of any child, an official of a child welfare board, any public official charged by law with the care of the poor, the recognized agents of any duly authorized agency, association, society or institution, any person having knowledge or information of a nature which convinces such person that a child is neglected or delinquent or that a child, by reason of its condition, environment or its own acts, is, in accordance with the provisions of this article, subject to the jurisdiction of the court or any person who has suffered injury through the delinquency of any such child or is concerned in its guardianship or adoption or an officer having an arrested child in charge may institute a proceeding respecting such child.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-560. Venue.

 Venue of actions in the family courts shall be in such county as may be provided by law. Trial of such actions shall be in such county unless a change of venue is granted as provided by law.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-570 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-570. Service of summons.

 Service of summons and any process of the court shall be made as provided by law for service in the court of common pleas. Provided, that if the judge is satisfied that it is impracticable to serve personally the summons or the process, he may order service by registered or certified mail, addressed to the last known address, or by publication thereof, or both. It shall be sufficient to confer jurisdiction if service is effected at least forty-eight hours before the time fixed in the summons or process for the return thereof.  Service of summons, process or notice required by this title may be made by any suitable person under the direction of the court, and upon request of the court shall be made by any peace officer.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-580 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-580. Failure to obey summons.

 If any person summoned as herein provided shall, without reasonable cause, fail to appear, he may be proceeded against for contempt of court. In case the summons or process cannot be served, or the parties served fail to obey the same, or in any case when it shall be made to appear to the judge that the service will be ineffectual, or that the welfare of the child requires that he be brought forthwith into custody of the court, a warrant may be issued for the child, parent or guardian of the child, or any person who may have control or possession of the child, to immediately bring the child before the court.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-590 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-590. Conduct of hearings.

 All cases of children must be dealt with as separate hearings by the court and without a jury. The hearings must be conducted in a formal manner and may be adjourned from time to time. The general public must be excluded and only persons the judge finds to have a direct interest in the case or in the work of the court may be admitted. The presence of the child in court may be waived by the court at any stage of the proceedings. Hearings may be held at any time or place within the county designated by the judge. In any case where the delinquency proceedings may result in commitment to an institution in which the child's freedom is curtailed, the privilege against self-incrimination and the right of cross-examination must be preserved. In all cases where required by law, the child must be accorded all rights enjoyed by adults, and where not required by law the child must be accorded adult rights consistent with the best interests of the child.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-600 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-600. Rules for conduct of hearings.

 Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of court, and the court may consider and receive as evidence the result of any investigation had or made by the probation counselor; provided, that either party shall be entitled to examine the probation counselor under oath thereon. The court may adjourn the hearing from time to time for proper cause. Where a petitioner's needs are so urgent as to require it, the court may make a temporary order for support pending a final determination.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-610. Prosecutorial functions.

 All prosecutorial functions and duties in the family courts shall be a responsibility of and be vested in the solicitor of the circuit wherein the court is located.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-620. Penalties for adult violating title.

 An adult who wilfully violates, neglects, or refuses to obey or perform a lawful order of the court, or who violates any provision of this chapter, may be proceeded against for contempt of court. An adult found in contempt of court may be punished by a fine, by a public works sentence, or by imprisonment in a local detention facility, or by any combination of them, in the discretion of the court, but not to exceed imprisonment in a local detention facility for one year, a fine of fifteen hundred dollars, or public works sentence of more than three hundred hours, or any combination of them. An adult sentenced to a term of imprisonment under this section may earn good time credits pursuant to Section 24-13-210 and work credits pursuant to Section 24-13-230 and may participate in a work/punishment program pursuant to Section 24-13-910.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 90, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "public works" for "public work" and "detention facility" for "correctional facility" in two instances in the first sentence, and in the second sentence, deleted after the reference to Section 24-13-910 "unless his participation in any of these programs is prohibited by order of the sentencing judge".
SC Code § 63-3-630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-630. Appeals.

 (A) Any appeal from an order, judgment, or decree of the family court shall be taken in the manner provided by the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules. The right to appeal must be governed by the same rules, practices, and procedures that govern appeals from the circuit court.  (B) The pendency of an appeal or application may not suspend the order of the family court regarding a child, nor shall it discharge the child from the custody of that court or of the person, institution, or agency to whose care the child shall have been committed; nor shall it suspend payments for support and maintenance of the wife and child.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-3-640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 3 - Family Court|Section 63-3-640. Post conviction proceedings.

 Post conviction proceedings, including habeas corpus actions, shall be instituted in the court in which the original action was concluded; provided, however, that the family courts shall also have original jurisdiction of habeas corpus actions if the person who is the subject of the action would otherwise be within the jurisdiction of the family court.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.