South Carolina Senate Bill 981 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on July 8 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-07-08 - Act No. 267

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-530, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE FAMILY COURT, INCLUDING JURISDICTION TO ORDER VISITATION FOR GRANDPARENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE COURT MAY ORDER GRANDPARENT VISITATION IF THE COURT FINDS THAT THE CHILD'S PARENTS ARE UNREASONABLY DEPRIVING THE GRANDPARENT VISITATION WITH THE CHILD AND HAVE DENIED VISITATION FOR MORE THAN NINETY DAYS, THAT THE GRANDPARENT MAINTAINED A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHILD SIMILAR TO A PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP, THAT AWARDING VISITATION WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP, AND THAT THE PARENTS ARE UNFIT OR THAT THERE ARE COMPELLING CIRCUMSTANCES TO OVERCOME THE PRESUMPTION THAT THE PARENTAL DECISION IS IN THE CHILD'S BEST INTEREST; TO AUTHORIZE THE JUDGE TO AWARD ATTORNEY'S FEES TO THE PREVAILING PARTY; AND TO DEFINE "GRANDPARENT". - ratified title

Provide That The Court May Order Grandparent Visitation If The Court Finds That The Child's Parents Are Unreasonably Depriving The Grandparent Visitation With The Child And Have Denied Visitation For More Than Ninety Days, That The Grandparent Maintained A Relationship With The Child Similar To A Parent-child Relationship, That Awarding Visitation Would Not Interfere With The Parent-child Relationship, And That The Parents Are Unfit Or That There Are Compelling Circumstances To Overcome The Presumption That The Parental Decision Is In The Child's Best Interest; To Authorize The Judge To Award Attorney's Fees To The Prevailing Party; And To Define "grandparent". - Ratified Title

Sen. John Knotts [R]

Sen. Michael Rose [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-07-08		Act No. 267
2010-07-01		Effective date 06/24/10
2010-06-24		Signed By Governor
2010-06-21		Ratified R 342
2010-06-15		Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0 HJ-106
2010-06-15		Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-106
2010-06-03		Returned to House with amendments SJ-55
2010-06-03		House amendment amended SJ-55
2010-05-28		Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments HJ-1
2010-05-27		Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day HJ-37
2010-05-27		Roll call Yeas-96 Nays-0 HJ-35
2010-05-27		Read second time HJ-35
2010-05-27		Amended
2010-05-26		Debate adjourned until Thursday, May 27, 2010 HJ-19
2010-05-26		Debate adjourned HJ-17
2010-05-25		Debate adjourned until Wednesday, May 26, 2010 HJ-41
2010-05-19		Recalled from Committee on Judiciary HJ-46
2010-05-12		Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-78
2010-05-12		Introduced and read first time HJ-78
2010-05-12		Read third time and sent to House SJ-19
2010-04-22		Read second time SJ-43
2010-04-22		Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-43
2010-02-17		Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-13
2010-01-20		Referred to Subcommittee: Campbell (ch), Knotts, Campsen, Lourie
2010-01-12		Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-44
2010-01-12		Introduced and read first time SJ-44
2009-12-09		Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2009-12-09		Prefiled

S1044 (Similar To) 2010-01-20 - Referred to Subcommittee: Campbell (ch), Knotts, Campsen, Lourie
H3165 (Similar To) 2009-01-13 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-74
H3412 (Similar To) 2010-03-03 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.A.Pitts

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	3	530	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=0981&session=118