South Carolina Statutes
§ 20-1-40 — Cohabitation prior to emancipation as marriage; children.
South Carolina § 20-1-40
This text of South Carolina § 20-1-40 (Cohabitation prior to emancipation as marriage; children.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Carolina primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 20-1-40 (2026).
Text
The children of such marriages shall be deemed legitimate and when the parties shall have ceased to cohabit, in consequence of the death of the woman or from any other cause, all the children of the woman, recognized by the man to be his, shall be deemed legitimate.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 20-4; 1952 Code SECTION 20-4; 1942 Code SECTION 8570; 1932 Code SECTION 8570; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 5535; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3756; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2663; G. S. 2031; R. S. 2162; 1872 (15) 183.
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Penalty for furnishing false affidavit.§ 20-1-300
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Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 20-1-40, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/1/20-1-40.