{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-14-1-216","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 14-1-216","heading":"Prohibition against assignment of family court judge to circuit court; exceptions.","body":"No active family court judge may be assigned to preside over any official proceeding in the circuit court except that the Chief Justice may appoint an active family court judge as a special circuit court judge to accept grand jury presentments and to accept and impose sentences for pleas of guilty and nolo contendere.","path":["Title 14 - COURTS","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t14c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:39:04Z","sha256":"98b92a64fae65dd4d02262c1e24fe561e6c8fa878bb35c4929121dd68332a992","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-14-1-215","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-14-1-217"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}