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S.C. Code Ann. § 63-15-362

Modification pending out-of-state

Known as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

The act spans §§ 63-15-300 to 63-15-394 (42 sections).

2008 Act No. 361, SECTION 2.

If a proceeding for enforcement under this subarticle is commenced in a court of this State and the court determines that a proceeding to modify the determination is pending in a court of another state having jurisdiction to modify the determination under Subarticle 2, the enforcing court shall immediately communicate with the modifying court. The proceeding for enforcement continues unless the enforcing court, after consultation with the modifying court, stays or dismisses the proceeding.

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