{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-7-2550","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2550","heading":"Service of petition.","body":"(A) A summons and petition for termination of parental rights must be filed with the court and served on:\n(1) the child, if the child is fourteen years of age or older;\n(2) the child's guardian ad litem, appointed pursuant to Section 63-7-2560(B), if the child is under fourteen years of age;\n(3) the parents of the child; and\n(4) an agency with placement or custody of the child.\n(B) The right of an unmarried biological father, as defined in Section 63-9-820, to receive notice of a termination of parental rights action must be governed by the notice provisions of Section 63-9-730(B)(1), (3), (4), (5), and (6), and Subarticle 8, Chapter 9.","path":["Title 63 - SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE","CHAPTER 7 Child Protection and Permanency","ARTICLE 7 Termination of Parental Rights"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t63c007.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:09:24Z","sha256":"7c059bc98595b1eab073751a3649987124ddbb915af78d28a951daa5327cbc0b","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-7-2540","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-7-2560"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}