{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-7-2700","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2700","heading":"Purpose.","body":"The purpose of this article is to establish procedures for a child who is or was in the legal custody of the Department of Social Services on the child's eighteenth birthday and who has not attained age twenty-one to receive services and supports that promote emotional well-being, economic productivity, self-sufficiency, connection to family and community, and a successful transition to adulthood upon leaving the state's foster care system.","path":["Title 63 - SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE","CHAPTER 7 Child Protection and Permanency","ARTICLE 8 Extended Foster Care for Persons Age Eighteen to Twenty-one"],"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":"a6be7af78611e78d6c31757dedccba2de64cd304012f54752fccd0ddd90171ec","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-7-2620","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-7-2710"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}