{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-17-3925","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-17-3925","heading":"Support proceeding.","body":"(A) In a support proceeding under this part, the Department of Social Services of this State shall:\n(1) transmit and receive applications; and\n(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State.\n(B) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention:\n(1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;\n(2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this State;\n(3) establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;\n(4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under Section 63-17-3945(B)(2), (4), or (9);\n(5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and\n(6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(C) The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:\n(1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this State;\n(2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and\n(3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(D) A tribunal of this State may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.","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":"57a78f9b92262d441894e20b429f4c05a391673ad5a5354a4d2d21c638a2112d","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-17-3920","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-17-3930"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}