{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-5-910","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-5-910","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of this article:\n(A)(1) In the case of a parent who is a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or a Reserve component of these services, \"military service or service\" means a deployment for combat operations, a contingency operation, or a natural disaster based on orders that do not permit a family member to accompany the member on the deployment.\n(2) In the case of a parent who is a member of the National Guard, \"military service or service\" means service under a call to active service authorized by the President of the United States or the Secretary of Defense for a period of more than thirty consecutive days pursuant to 32 U.S.C. 502(f) for purposes of responding to a national emergency declared by the President and supported by federal funds.\n\"Military service or service\" includes a period during which a military parent remains subject to deployment orders and remains deployed on account of sickness, wounds, leave, or other lawful cause.\n(B) \"Military parent\" means a natural parent or adoptive parent of a child under the age of eighteen whose parental rights have not been terminated by a court of competent jurisdiction.","path":["Title 63 - SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE","CHAPTER 5 Legal Status of Children","ARTICLE 7 Military Parent Equal Protection Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t63c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:09:19Z","sha256":"64c3bad96cefe3b0fca2a3a5be550dd47860b7f99335da4c7fbfead662611735","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-5-900","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-5-920"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}