{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-17-3870","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-17-3870","heading":"Modification with no consent filed.","body":"(A) Except as otherwise provided in Section 63-17-3960, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this State may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether or not the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to Section 63-17-3830 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this State or of the foreign country.\n(B) An order issued by a tribunal of this State modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.","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":"f6d53b07f76b0a56a6ef5a0a0075480f37c6fa9e84924a3151598ca5ba275a62","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-17-3860","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-17-3880"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}