If the retirement system determines that it has mistakenly paid amounts to an alternate payee or other person, it may recoup the mistaken payment by deducting the amount from future payments to be made to the alternate payee or the other person.
S.C. Code Ann. § 9-18-70
Right of retirement system to recoup mistaken payment
1995 Act No. 38, SECTION 1, eff July 1, 1995 (became law without the Governor's signature on April 27, 1995).
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.