South Carolina § 62-5-712 Notice requirements to alleged incapacitated individual's home state.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 62-5-712 — Notice requirements to alleged incapacitated individual's home state.

South Carolina § 62-5-712

Title 62SOUTH CAROLINA PROBATE CODE

Ch.ARTICLE 5 - PROTECTION OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND THEIR PROPERTY

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 62-5-712 (2026).

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If a petition for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a protective order is brought in this State and this State was not the alleged incapacitated individual's home state on the date the petition was filed, in addition to complying with the notice requirements of this State, notice of the petition must be given to those persons who would be entitled to notice of the petition if a proceeding were brought in the alleged incapacitated individual's home state. The notice must be given in the same manner as notice is required to be given in this State.

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If a petition for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a protective order is brought in this State and this State was not the alleged incapacitated individual's home state on the date the petition was filed, in addition to complying with the notice requirements of this State, notice of the petition must be given to those persons who would be entitled to notice of the petition if a proceeding were brought in the alleged incapacitated individual's home state. The notice must be given in the same manner as notice is required to be given in this State.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 213, SECTION 1, eff January 1, 2011; 2017 Act No. 87 (S.415), SECTION 5.B, eff January 1, 2019. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 87, SECTION 5.B, twice substituted "alleged incapacitated individual's" for "respondent's".