South Carolina § 63-17-3570 Enforcement of orders.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 63-17-3570 — Enforcement of orders.

South Carolina § 63-17-3570

Title 63SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE

Ch. 17PATERNITY AND CHILD SUPPORT

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S.C. Code Ann. § 63-17-3570 (2026).

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(A)A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this State.

(B)Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this State to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursua

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(A) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this State. (B) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this State to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this article.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, SECTION 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), SECTION 1, eff June 1, 2015. Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 33, SECTION 1, in (A), substituted "in another state or a foreign support order" for "by a tribunal of another state". Part VI Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order Subpart 1 Registration for Enforcement of Support Order DERIVATION TABLE Showing the sections in former Chapter 7, Title 20 from which the sections in this subpart were derived. NewSection FormerSection 63-17-3610 20-7-1132 63-17-3620 20-7-1134 63-17-3630 20-7-1136 63-17-3640 20-7-1138