{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-19-1020","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-19-1020","heading":"Instituting proceedings.","body":"The parent or custodian of a child, an official of a child welfare board, a public official charged by law with the care of the poor, the recognized agents of an agency, association, society, or institution, a person having knowledge or information of a nature which convinces the person that a child is delinquent or that a child, by reason of his own acts in accordance with this chapter, is subject to the jurisdiction of the court, any person who has suffered injury through the delinquency of a child, or an officer having an arrested child in charge, may institute a proceeding respecting the child.","path":["Title 63 - SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE","CHAPTER 19 Juvenile Justice Code","ARTICLE 9 Intake and Initiation of Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t63c019.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:09:54Z","sha256":"6babdd39f99aea5f2b98f7e89493b67d1724247281564acd7c41d3d9e47265ac","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-19-1010","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-19-1030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}