2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code
CHAPTER 9 - ADOPTIONS
SECTION 63-9-810. State interest; purpose of registry.
The State has a compelling interest in promptly providing stable and permanent homes for adoptive children and in preventing the disruption of adoptive placements. It is the purpose of the Responsible Father Registry to provide notice to unmarried biological fathers who affirmatively assume responsibility for children they may have fathered by registering with the Responsible Father Registry.
HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 41, Section 1, eff January 1, 2010.
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