{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-17-3910","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-17-3910","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(1) \"Application\" means a request under the convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority.\n(2) \"Central authority\" means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in Section 63-17-2910(5)(d) to perform the functions specified in the convention.\n(3) \"Convention support order\" means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in Section 63-17-2910(5)(d).\n(4) \"Direct request\" means a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of this State in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States.\n(5) \"Foreign central authority\" means the entity designated by a foreign country described in Section 63-17-2910(5)(d) to perform the functions specified in the convention.\n(6) \"Foreign support agreement\":\n(a) means an agreement for support in a record that:\n(i) is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin;\n(ii) has been:\n(A) formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal; or\n(B) authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal; and\n(iii) may be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal; and\n(b) includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the convention.\n(7) \"United States central authority\" means the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.","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":"9584cbfbf9f2784d536cd435300a264c8cdef7c03a7e76317d3bf521850661c0","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-17-3880","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-17-3915"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}