{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-9-720","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9-720","heading":"Appointment of guardian ad litem.","body":"Before any hearing is held on the adoption or any matter related to the adoption, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for the adoptee as in other family court actions, and the adoptee must be served with a copy of the pleadings. However, if the adoptee is fourteen years of age or younger, the child may be served by service upon his guardian ad litem or other person with whom he resides.","path":["Title 63 - SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE","CHAPTER 9 Adoptions","ARTICLE 1 South Carolina Adoption Act","Subarticle 7 Judicial Procedures"],"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":"176c0f22565e2aeac0dc074a3dd4e84d4ad97e81855f8f4d32d42d5dfd4da4c4","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-9-710","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-9-730"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}