South Carolina § 63-15-322 Request for hearing in another state; preservation of records.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 63-15-322 — Request for hearing in another state; preservation of records.

South Carolina § 63-15-322

Title 63SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE

Ch. 15CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION

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S.C. Code Ann. § 63-15-322 (2026).

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(A)A court of this State may request the appropriate court of another state to:

(1)hold an evidentiary hearing;

(2)order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;

(3)order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;

(4)forward to the court of this State a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and (5) order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.

(B)Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this State may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (A). (

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(A) A court of this State may request the appropriate court of another state to: (1) hold an evidentiary hearing; (2) order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state; (3) order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding; (4) forward to the court of this State a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and (5) order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child. (B) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this State may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (A). (C) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (A) and (B) may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this State. (D) A court of this State shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a child custody proceeding until the child attains eighteen years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, SECTION 2. Subarticle 2 Jurisdiction DERIVATION TABLE Showing the sections in former Chapter 7, Title 20 from which the sections in this subarticle were derived. NewSection FormerSection 63-15-330 20-7-6030 63-15-332 20-7-6032 63-15-334 20-7-6034 63-15-336 20-7-6036 63-15-338 20-7-6038 63-15-340 20-7-6040 63-15-342 20-7-6042 63-15-344 20-7-6044 63-15-346 20-7-6046 63-15-348 20-7-6048