{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-9-1720","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9-1720","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article:\n(1) \"Child\" means an individual up to twenty-one years of age.\n(2) \"Supplemental benefits\" means payments made by the State Department of Social Services to provide services, including medical subsidies for payment for treatment pursuant to Section 63-9-1780, for children who without these services may not have been adopted.\n(3) \"Department\" means the Department of Social Services.","path":["Title 63 - SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE","CHAPTER 9 Adoptions","ARTICLE 7 Supplemental Benefits to Assure Adoption"],"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":"47821505991794009c9f6c19750803a5a871eb55b775382ae35ba9b41596b34d","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-9-1710","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-9-1730"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}