{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-9-1110","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9-1110","heading":"Adoption by stepparent or relative.","body":"Any person may adopt his spouse's child, and any person may adopt a child to whom he is related by blood or marriage. In the adoption of these children:\n(1) no investigation or report required under the provisions of Section 63-9-520 is required unless otherwise directed by the court;\n(2) no accounting by the petitioner of all disbursements required under the provisions of Section 63-9-740 is required unless the accounting is ordered by the court;\n(3) upon good cause shown, the court may waive the requirement, pursuant to Section 63-9-750, that the final hearing must not be held before ninety days after the filing of the adoption petition;\n(4) upon good cause shown, the court may waive the requirement, pursuant to Section 63-9-320(A)(2), of the appointment of independent counsel for an indigent parent; and\n(5) upon good cause shown, the court may waive the requirement, pursuant to Section 63-9-60(B)(3), that the adoption proceeding must be finalized in this State.","path":["Title 63 - SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE","CHAPTER 9 Adoptions","ARTICLE 1 South Carolina Adoption Act","Subarticle 11 Stepparent, Relative, and Adult Adoptions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t63c009.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:09:29Z","sha256":"2be7cdda5ea6cb12f368f1fa23065744793332a56a760ec17127ab686d9c0159","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-9-920","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-9-1120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}