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SC Code § 15-48-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 48 - Uniform Arbitration Act|Section 15-48-140. Modification or correction of award.

 (a) Upon application made within ninety days after delivery of a copy of the award to the applicant, the court shall modify or correct the award where:  (1) There was an evident miscalculation of figures or an evident mistake in the description of any person, thing or property referred to in the award;  (2) The arbitrators have awarded upon a matter not submitted to them and the award may be corrected without affecting the merits of the decision upon the issues submitted; or  (3) The award is imperfect in a matter of form, not affecting the merits of the controversy.  (b) If the application is granted, the court shall modify and correct the award so as to effect its intent and shall confirm the award as so modified and corrected. Otherwise, the court shall confirm the award as made.  (c) An application to modify or correct an award may be joined in the alternative with an application to vacate the award.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 492, Section 14.
SC Code § 15-48-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 48 - Uniform Arbitration Act|Section 15-48-150. Judgment or decree on award.

 Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, judgment or decree shall be entered in conformity therewith and be enforced as any other judgment or decree. Costs of the application and of the proceedings subsequent thereto, and disbursements may be awarded by the court.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 492, Section 15.
SC Code § 15-48-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 48 - Uniform Arbitration Act|Section 15-48-160. Judgment roll; docketing.

 (a) On entry of judgment or decree, the clerk of court shall prepare the judgment roll consisting, to the extent filed, of the following:  (1) The agreement and each written extension of the time within which to make the award;  (2) The award;  (3) A copy of the order confirming, modifying or correcting the award; and  (4) A copy of the judgment or decree.  (b) The judgment or decree may be docketed as if rendered in an action.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 492, Section 16.
SC Code § 15-48-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 48 - Uniform Arbitration Act|Section 15-48-170. Applications to court.

 Except as otherwise provided, an application to the court under this chapter shall be by motion and shall be heard in the manner and upon the notice provided by law or rule of court for the making and hearing of motions. Unless the parties have agreed otherwise, notice of an initial application for an order shall be served in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons in an action.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 492, Section 17.
SC Code § 15-48-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 48 - Uniform Arbitration Act|Section 15-48-180. Court; jurisdiction; questions of law and fact.

 The term "court" means any court of competent jurisdiction of this State. The making of an agreement described in Section 15-48-10 providing for arbitration in this State confers jurisdiction on the court to enforce the agreement under this chapter and to enter judgment on an award thereunder. Unless otherwise provided by the arbitration agreement, when a dispute is submitted to arbitration, the arbitrators shall determine questions of both law and fact.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 492, Section 18.
SC Code § 15-48-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 48 - Uniform Arbitration Act|Section 15-48-190. Venue.

 An initial application shall be made to the court of the county in which the agreement provides the arbitration hearing shall be held or, if the hearing has been held, in the county in which it was held. Otherwise the application shall be made in the county where the adverse party resides or has a place of business or, if he has no residence or place of business in this State, to the court of any county. All subsequent applications shall be made to the court hearing the initial application unless the court otherwise directs.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 492, Section 19.
SC Code § 15-48-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 48 - Uniform Arbitration Act|Section 15-48-200. Appeals.

 (a) An appeal may be taken from:  (1) An order denying an application to compel arbitration made under Section 15-48-20;  (2) An order granting an application to stay arbitration made under Section 15-48-20(b);  (3) An order confirming or denying confirmation of an award;  (4) An order modifying or correcting an award;  (5) An order vacating an award without directing a rehearing; or  (6) A judgment or decree entered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.  (b) The appeal shall be taken in the manner and to the same extent as from orders or judgments in a civil action.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 492, Section 20.
SC Code § 15-48-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 48 - Uniform Arbitration Act|Section 15-48-210. Chapter not retroactive.

 This chapter applies only to agreements made subsequent to the effective date of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 492, Section 21.
SC Code § 15-48-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 48 - Uniform Arbitration Act|Section 15-48-220. Mechanics liens not precluded.

 Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the filing and perfecting of a mechanics lien by any party to an arbitration agreement.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 492, Section 22.
SC Code § 15-48-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 48 - Uniform Arbitration Act|Section 15-48-230. Uniformity of interpretation.

 This chapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 492, Section 23.
SC Code § 15-48-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 48 - Uniform Arbitration Act|Section 15-48-240. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Arbitration Act".  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 492, Section 24.
SC Code § 15-49-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 49 - Change Of Name|Section 15-49-10. Application for change of name.

 (A) A person who desires to change his name may petition, in writing, a family court judge in the appropriate circuit, setting forth the reason for the change, his age, his place of residence and birth, and the name by which he desires to be known.  (B) A parent who desires to change the name of his minor child may petition, in writing, a family court judge in the appropriate circuit. The other parent, if there is not one then the child, must be named as a party in the action unless waived by the court. The court shall appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the child. The court shall grant the petition if it finds that it is in the best interest of the child.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 48-51; 1952 Code Section 48-51; 1942 Code Section 8674; 1932 Code Section 8674; Civ. C. '22 Section 5573; Civ. C. '12 Section 3793; Civ. C. '02 Section 2699; G. S. 2067; R. S. 2199; 1814 (5) 718; 1962 (52) 1656; 1990 Act No. 344, Section 1.
SC Code § 15-49-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 49 - Change Of Name|Section 15-49-30. Filing fee.

 The filing fee provided in Section 8-21-310(C)(1) applies with respect to an action for change of name.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 48-53; 1952 Code Section 48-53; 1942 Code Section 8676; 1932 Code Section 8676; Civ. C. '22 Section 5575; Civ. C. '12 Section 3795; Civ. C. '02 Section 2701; G. S. 2069; R. S. 2201; 1814 (5) 718; 1990 Act No. 531, Section 3.
SC Code § 15-49-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 49 - Change Of Name|Section 15-49-40. Use of new name in legal proceedings; effect on pending proceedings.

 The person so changing his name may thereafter sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded by his new name and no other. When an action shall be pending at the time of such change of name it shall not abate by the party's name being changed, but the record on motion shall be amended by expunging the old name and inserting the new name of the party.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 48-54; 1952 Code Section 48-54; 1942 Code Section 8677; 1932 Code Section 8677; Civ. C. '22 Section 5576; Civ. C. '12 Section 3796; Civ. C. '02 Section 2702; G. S. 2070; R. S. 2202; 1814 (5) 719.
SC Code § 15-49-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 49 - Change Of Name|Section 15-49-50. Effect of change on old obligations.

 When a person changing his name is bound by obligation or otherwise, the effect of which obligation would extend to and impose any obligation on the heirs, executors or administrators of the person so having changed his name, such heirs, executors or administrators shall be and remain bound, to all intents and purposes, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the person had not changed his name.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 48-55; 1952 Code Section 48-55; 1942 Code Section 8678; 1932 Code Section 8678; Civ. C. '22 Section 5577; Civ. C. '12 Section 3797; Civ. C. '02 Section 2703; G. S. 2071; R. S. 2203; 1814 (5) 719.
SC Code § 15-50-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 50 - Structured Settlement Protection Act|Section 15-50-10. Short title.

 This act may be cited as the "Structured Settlement Protection Act".  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 252, Section 1.
SC Code § 15-50-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 50 - Structured Settlement Protection Act|Section 15-50-30. Transfer agreements; disclosure statements.

 Not less than three days before the date on which a payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee a separate disclosure statement, in bold type no smaller than fourteen points, including:  (1) amounts and due dates of the structured settlement payments being transferred;  (2) aggregate amount of the payments;  (3) discounted present value of the payments being transferred, which must be identified as the "calculation of current value of the transferred structured settlement payments under federal standards for valuing annuities", and the amount of the applicable federal rate used in calculating the discounted present value;  (4) gross advance amount;  (5) itemized listing of all applicable transfer expenses, other than attorney's fees and related disbursements payable in connection with the transferee's application for approval of the transfer, and the transferee's best estimate of the amount of the fees and disbursements;  (6) net advance amount;  (7) amount of penalties or liquidated damages payable by the payee if the payee breaches the transfer agreement; and  (8) a statement that the payee has the right to cancel the transfer agreement, without penalty or further obligation, not later than the third business day after the date the agreement is signed by the payee.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 252, Section 1.
SC Code § 15-50-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 50 - Structured Settlement Protection Act|Section 15-50-40. Direct or indirect transfer of payment rights; approval by final court order.

 A direct or indirect transfer of structured settlement payment rights is not effective and a structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer is not required to make a payment directly or indirectly to a transferee of structured settlement payment rights unless the transfer has been approved in advance in a final court order based on express findings by the court that the:  (1) transfer is in the best interests of the payee, taking into account the welfare and support of the payee's dependents;  (2) payee has been advised in writing by the transferee to seek independent professional advice regarding the transfer or knowingly and in writing has waived receipt of that advice; and  (3) transfer does not contravene an applicable statute or the order of any court or other government authority.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 252, Section 1.
SC Code § 15-50-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 50 - Structured Settlement Protection Act|Section 15-50-50. Rights and obligations of structured settlement obligor, annuity issuer and transferee.

 Following a transfer of structured settlement payment rights pursuant to this chapter:  (1) the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer, as to all parties except the transferee, are discharged and released from liability for the transferred payments; and  (2) the transferee is liable to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer:  (a) for taxes incurred by the parties as a consequence of the transfer if the transfer contravenes the terms of the structured settlement; and  (b) for other liabilities or costs, including reasonable costs and attorney's fees, arising from compliance by the parties with the order of the court or arising as a consequence of the transferee's failure to comply with this chapter;  (3) neither the annuity issuer nor the structured settlement obligor is required to divide a periodic payment between the payee and any transferee or assignee or between two or more transferees or assignees; and  (4) any further transfer of structured settlement payment rights by the payee may be made only after compliance with all the requirements of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 252, Section 1.
SC Code § 15-50-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 50 - Structured Settlement Protection Act|Section 15-50-60. Application for approval of transfer; notice of hearing.

 (A) An application pursuant to this chapter for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights may be made by the transferee and may be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, including the probate court if the transferee is a minor or the original settlement was approved by the probate court, in the county in which the payee resides, in the county in which the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer maintains its principal place of business, or in any court which approved the structured settlement agreement.  (B) Not less than twenty days before the scheduled hearing on an application for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights pursuant to Section 15-50-40, the transferee must file with the court and serve on all interested parties a notice of the proposed transfer and the application for its authorization. The notice must include:  (1) a copy of the transferee's application;  (2) a copy of the transfer agreement;  (3) a copy of the disclosure statement required pursuant to Section 15-50-30;  (4) a listing of each of the payee's dependents, and each dependent's age;  (5) notification that an interested party may support, oppose, or otherwise respond to the transferee's application, in person or by counsel, by submitting written comments to the court, or by participating in the hearing; and  (6) notification of the time and place of the hearing and notification of the manner and the time for filing written responses to the application, which must be not less than fifteen days after service of the transferee's notice, for consideration by the court.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 252, Section 1.
SC Code § 15-50-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 50 - Structured Settlement Protection Act|Section 15-50-70. Scope of transfer agreement.

 (A) The provisions of this chapter may not be waived by a payee.  (B) A transfer agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this chapter by a payee who resides in this State must provide that disputes under the transfer agreement, including a claim that the payee has breached the agreement, must be determined pursuant to the laws of this State. A transfer agreement may not authorize the transferee or another party to confess judgment or consent to entry of judgment against the payee.  (C) Transfer of structured settlement payment rights do not extend to payments that are life-contingent unless, before the date on which the payee signs the transfer agreement, the transferee has established and has agreed to maintain procedures reasonably satisfactory to the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor for:  (1) periodically confirming the payee's survival; and  (2) giving the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor prompt written notice if the payee dies.  (D) A payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights does not incur any penalty, forfeit any application fee or other payment, or otherwise incur a liability to the proposed transferee or an assignee based on a failure of the transfer to satisfy the conditions of this chapter.  (E) This chapter does not authorize a transfer of structured settlement payment rights in contravention of law nor imply that a transfer under a transfer agreement entered into before the effective date of this chapter is valid or invalid.  (F) Compliance with the requirements of Section 15-50-30 and fulfillment of the conditions in Section 15-50-40 are the sole responsibility of the transferee in a transfer of structured settlement payment rights, and neither the structured settlement obligor nor the annuity issuer bears responsibility for, or liability arising from, noncompliance with the requirements or failure to fulfill the conditions.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 252, Section 1.
SC Code § 15-51-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 51 - Death By Wrongful Act And Lynching|Section 15-51-10. Civil action for wrongful act causing death.

 Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default of another and the act, neglect or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, the person who would have been liable, if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as make the killing in law a felony. In the event of the death of the wrongdoer, such cause of action shall survive against his personal representative.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-1951; 1952 Code Section 10-1951; 1942 Code Section 411; 1932 Code Section 411; Civ. P. '22 Section 367; Civ. C. '12 Section 3955; Civ. C. '02 Section 2851; G. S. 2183; R. S. 2315; 1859 (12) 706; 1949 (46) 270.
SC Code § 15-51-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 51 - Death By Wrongful Act And Lynching|Section 15-51-20. Beneficiaries of action for wrongful death; by whom brought.

 Every such action shall be for the benefit of the wife or husband and child or children of the person whose death shall have been so caused, and, if there be no such wife, husband, child or children, then for the benefit of the parent or parents, and if there be none such, then for the benefit of the heirs of the person whose death shall have been so caused. Every such action shall be brought by or in the name of the executor or administrator of such person.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-1952; 1952 Code Section 10-1952; 1942 Code Section 412; 1932 Code Section 412; Civ. P. '22 Section 368; Civ. C. '12 Section 3956; Civ. C. '02 Section 2852; G. S. 2184; R. S. 2316; 1859 (12) 706; 1898 (22) 788; 1901 (23) 743; 1902 (23) 1071; 1990 Act No. 521, Section 97.
SC Code § 15-51-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 51 - Death By Wrongful Act And Lynching|Section 15-51-30. Effect of illegitimacy.

 In the event of the death of an illegitimate child or the mother of an illegitimate child by the wrongful or negligent act of another, such illegitimate child or the mother or father or the heirs at law or the distributees of such illegitimate child shall have the same rights and remedies in regard to such wrongful or negligent act as though such illegitimate child had been born in lawful wedlock.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-1953; 1952 Code Section 10-1953; 1942 Code Section 8913; 1932 Code Section 8913; Civ. C. '22 Section 5334; Civ. C. '12 Section 3562; 1906 (25) 156; 1920 (31) 1039; 1927 (35) 242; 1934 (38) 1419; 1986 Act No. 539, Section 3(1)(D).
SC Code § 15-51-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 51 - Death By Wrongful Act And Lynching|Section 15-51-40. Damages; amount and to whom payable.

 In every such action the jury may give damages, including exemplary damages when the wrongful act, neglect, or default was the result of recklessness, wilfulness, or malice, as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from the death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought. The amount so recovered shall be divided among the before-mentioned parties in those shares as they would have been entitled to if the deceased had died intestate and the amount recovered had been personal assets of his or her estate. However, upon motion by either parent or any other party of potential interest based upon the decedent having died intestate, the probate court may deny or limit either or both parent's entitlement for a share of the proceeds if the court determines, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the parent or parents failed to reasonably provide support for the decedent as defined in Section 63-5-20 and did not otherwise provide for the needs of the decedent during his or her minority.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-1954; 1952 Code Section 10-1954; 1942 Code Section 412; 1932 Code Section 412; Civ. P. '22 Section 368; Civ. C. '12 Section 3956; Civ. C. '02 Section 2852; G. S. 2184; R. S. 2316; 1859 (12) 706; 1898 (22) 788; 1901 (23) 743; 1902 (23) 1071; 1994 Act No. 470, Section 2; 1996 Act No. 370, Section 3.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference to Section 20-7-40 was changed to Section 63-5-20 in accordance with 2008 Act No. 361 (Children's Code).
SC Code § 15-51-41 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 51 - Death By Wrongful Act And Lynching|Section 15-51-41. Court approval required for settlement of wrongful death or survival action.

 Any settlement of a wrongful death or survival action must be approved by either a probate court, circuit court, or United States District Court, as provided in Section 15-51-42.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 475, Section 1.
SC Code § 15-51-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 51 - Death By Wrongful Act And Lynching|Section 15-51-50. Liability for costs.

 The executor or administrator, plaintiff in the action, shall be liable to costs in case there be a verdict for the defendant or nonsuit or discontinuance, out of the goods, chattels and lands of the testator or intestate, if any.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-1955; 1952 Code Section 10-1955; 1942 Code Section 413; 1932 Code Section 413; Civ. P. '22 Section 369; Civ. C. '12 Section 3957; Civ. C. '02 Section 2853; 1903 (24) 96.