In any action for divorce from the bonds of matrimony the court may at any stage of the cause, or from time to time after final judgment, make such orders touching the care, custody and maintenance of the children of the marriage and what, if any, security shall be given for the same as from the circumstances of the parties and the nature of the case and the best spiritual as well as other interests of the children may be fit, equitable and just.
S.C. Code Ann. § 20-3-160
Care, custody, and maintenance of children
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Allen v. Allen (2001)
Most recently applied in Hawkins v. Hawkins (April 2013)
1962 Code SECTION 20-115; 1952 Code SECTION 20-115; 1949 (46) 216.
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