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S.C. Code Ann. § 63-19-1020

Instituting proceedings

Known as the Juvenile Justice Code

The act spans §§ 63–63 (73 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In re Stephen W. (2014)

Most recently applied in In re Stephen W. (July 2014)

2008 Act No. 361, SECTION 2.

The parent or custodian of a child, an official of a child welfare board, a public official charged by law with the care of the poor, the recognized agents of an agency, association, society, or institution, a person having knowledge or information of a nature which convinces the person that a child is delinquent or that a child, by reason of his own acts in accordance with this chapter, is subject to the jurisdiction of the court, any person who has suffered injury through the delinquency of a child, or an officer having an arrested child in charge, may institute a proceeding respecting the child.

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