South Carolina Statutes

§ 63-7-2820 — Definitions.

South Carolina·Title 63 SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE·Ch. 7 CHILD PROTECTION AND PERMANENCY

When used in this article:

(1)"Child" means a person under the age of twenty-one.
(2)"Department" means the Department of Social Services.
(3)"Fictive kin" means an individual who is not related by birth, adoption, or marriage to a child but has an emotionally significant relationship with the child or the child's family.
(4)"Relative" means an individual within the first, second, or third degree to a parent or stepparent of a child who may be related through blood, marriage, or adoption or through the establishment of a fictive kin relationship.
(5)"Supplemental legal guardianship benefits" means monthly payments made by the department to a legal guardian pursuant to and after entering a written agreement with a relative or fictive kin to provide support for a child who without suppl

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Legislative History

HISTORY: 2023 Act No. 25 (S.380), SECTION 6, eff May 16, 2023.

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