The term "parent" includes stepparents and parents by adoption, parents-in-law and any person who for more than three years prior to the death of the deceased employee stood in the place of a parent to him, if dependent on the injured employee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 42-1-170
"Parent" defined
Known as the The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 42–42 (216 sections).
1962 Code SECTION 72-16; 1952 Code SECTION 72-16; 1942 Code SECTION 7035-2; 1936 (39) 1231.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.