{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-62-3-107","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 62-3-107","heading":"Scope of proceedings; proceedings independent; exception.","body":"Unless administration under Part 5 [Sections 62-3-501 et seq.] is involved, (1) each proceeding before the court is independent of any other proceeding involving the same estate; (2) petitions for formal orders of the court may combine various requests for relief in a single proceeding if the orders sought may be finally granted without delay, but, except as required for proceedings which are particularly described by other sections of this article [Sections 62-3-101 et seq.], no petition is defective because it fails to embrace all matters which might then be the subject of a final order; (3) proceedings for probate of wills or adjudications of no will may be combined with proceedings for appointment of personal representatives; and (4) a proceeding for appointment of a personal representative is concluded by an order making or declining the appointment.","path":["Title 62 - SOUTH CAROLINA PROBATE CODE","ARTICLE 3 Probate of Wills and Administration","Part 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t62c003.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:08:34Z","sha256":"e8256a3a5d707875c9f3d202b46a70f37fa9d6c11aa7466f7a92edf5e349571c","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-62-3-106","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-62-3-108"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}