No active family court judge may be assigned to preside over any official proceeding in the circuit court except that the Chief Justice may appoint an active family court judge as a special circuit court judge to accept grand jury presentments and to accept and impose sentences for pleas of guilty and nolo contendere.
S.C. Code Ann. § 14-1-216
Prohibition against assignment of family court judge to circuit court; exceptions
1990 Act No. 610, Part III, SECTION 4, eff July 1, 1991; 1992 Act No. 355, SECTION 2, eff May 4, 1992.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.