This article must be liberally construed in order to ensure prompt judicial procedures for freeing minor children from the custody and control of their parents by terminating the parent-child relationship. The interests of the child shall prevail if the child's interest and the parental rights conflict.
S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2620
Construction of law
Known as the South Carolina Children's Code
The act spans §§ 63–63 (451 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Cameron N.F.L. (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.