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S.C. Code Ann. § 43-7-240

Time for showing cause for dismissal; grounds for dismissal without prejudice

1962 Code SECTION 71-145.3; 1964 (53) 2194.

Any or all respondents shall have twenty days from the service of the order to show cause why the order should not become effective or the action dismissed. The following shall constitute good and sufficient grounds for dismissing the action, but without prejudice to the petitioner:

(a) That in the discretion of the court, the imposition of the order would result in extreme hardship on the person due to some situation beyond his control.

(b) That any one of the allegations set forth in the petition as required by SECTION 43-7-220 above is false.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.