{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-24-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-24-20","heading":"Voluntary admission; notification of guardian ad litem.","body":"(A) If a child is found to be a proper subject for voluntary admission, the director of a treatment program or facility shall admit for treatment an individual who is:\n(1) sixteen years of age or older and who applies for admission;\n(2) under sixteen years of age if his parent or legal guardian applies for admission on his behalf.\n(B) A governmental agency, acting as legal guardian, admitting a child voluntarily, shall notify the child's guardian ad litem within forty-eight hours. If a guardian ad litem has not been appointed, the agency shall petition the court for appointment within seventy-two hours.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 24 Commitment of Children in Need of Mental Health Treatment"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c024.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:31:34Z","sha256":"97ed0fdc69c9b18f87ddd5f23d2e7368ad20ec1c5420822279772361827a23df","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-24-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-24-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}