The purpose of this article is to establish procedures for the reasonable and compassionate termination of parental rights where children are abused, neglected, or abandoned in order to protect the health and welfare of these children and make them eligible for adoption by persons who will provide a suitable home environment and the love and care necessary for a happy, healthful, and productive life.
S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2510
Purpose
Known as the South Carolina Children's Code
The act spans §§ 63–63 (451 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Sarah W. (2013)
Most recently applied in S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Smith (May 2018)
2008 Act No. 361, SECTION 2.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.