{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-17-3270","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-17-3270","heading":"Duties of support enforcement agency.","body":"(A) In a proceeding under this article, a support enforcement agency of this State, upon request:\n(1) shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state;\n(2) shall provide services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in Section 63-17-2910(5)(a) or (5)(d); and\n(3) may provide services to a petitioner who is an individual not residing in a state.\n(B) A support enforcement agency of this State that is providing services to the petitioner shall:\n(1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this State, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;\n(2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;\n(3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;\n(4) within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;\n(5) within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and\n(6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.\n(C) A support enforcement agency of this State that requests registration of a child-support order in this State for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:\n(1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or\n(2) if two or more child-support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.\n(D) A support enforcement agency of this State that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.\n(E) A support enforcement agency of this State shall issue or request a tribunal of this State to issue a child-support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to Section 63-17-3390.\n(F) This article does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.","path":["Title 63 - SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE","CHAPTER 17 Paternity and Child Support","ARTICLE 23 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t63c017.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:09:49Z","sha256":"b8c3e770e2303ccdad65bddf61db76ca981d20caf7ee29d8565cfee83b81ef9e","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-17-3260","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-17-3280"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}