2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code
CHAPTER 7 - CHILD PROTECTION AND PERMANENCY
SECTION 63-7-2550. Service of petition.
(A) A summons and petition for termination of parental rights must be filed with the court and served on:
(1) the child, if the child is fourteen years of age or older;
(2) the child's guardian ad litem, appointed pursuant to Section 63-7-2560(B), if the child is under fourteen years of age;
(3) the parents of the child; and
(4) an agency with placement or custody of the child.
(B) The right of an unmarried biological father, as defined in Section 63-9-820, to receive notice of a termination of parental rights action must be governed by the notice provisions of Section 63-9-730(B)(1), (3), (4), (5), and (6), and Subarticle 8, Chapter 9.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2009 Act No. 41, Section 4, eff July 1, 2009.
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