South Carolina Statutes
§ 20-3-140 — Allowance of alimony and suit money in suits for separate support and maintenance and similar actions.
South Carolina § 20-3-140
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 20-3-140 (2026).
Text
In all actions for separate support and maintenance, legal separation, or other marital litigation between the parties, allowances of alimony and suit money and allowances of alimony and suit money pendente lite shall be made according to the principles controlling such allowance and actions for divorce a vinculo matrimonii.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 20-113.1; 1952 Code SECTION 20-113.1; 1951 (47) 436; 1979 Act No. 71 SECTION 4B.
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Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 20-3-140, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/3/20-3-140.