{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-20-1-70","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 20-1-70","heading":"Name of children legitimized after marriage of parents.","body":"Any child legitimized under the provisions of Section 20-1-60 shall take the name of his father unless the child has been previously adopted as otherwise provided by law and unless his name has been changed in the decree of adoption, in which case he shall retain the name given him in the decree.","path":["Title 20 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS","CHAPTER 1 Marriage","ARTICLE 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t20c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:48:14Z","sha256":"0020395b5734db68e5e7c77b2eacb9fb1f022b33aacade37e28d47cb615fc402","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-20-1-60","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-20-1-80"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}