A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child-support order not under the convention may register that order in this State under Sections 63-17-3610, 63-17-3620, 63-17-3630, 63-17-3640, 63-17-3710, 63-17-3720, 63-17-3730, and 63-17-3740 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.
S.C. Code Ann. § 63-17-3880
Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification
Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
The act spans §§ 63–63 (78 sections).
2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), SECTION 1, eff June 1, 2015.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.