The purpose of this article is to establish fair and reasonable procedures for the adoption of children and to provide for the well-being of the child, with full recognition of the interdependent needs and interests of the biological parents and the adoptive parents. However, when the interests of a child and an adult are in conflict, the conflict must be resolved in favor of the child. Children may be adopted by or placed for adoption with residents of South Carolina only, except in unusual or exceptional circumstances.
S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9-20
Legislative purpose
Known as the South Carolina Adoption Act
The act spans §§ 63–63 (32 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Adoption B.B. v. R.K.B. (2017)
Most recently applied in Adoption B.B. v. R.K.B. (August 2017)
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.