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2018 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 20 - Domestic Relations
CHAPTER 3 - DIVORCE
Section 20-3-80. Required delays before reference and final decree; exceptions.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 20-3-80 (2018)
No reference shall be had before two months after the filing of the complaint in the office of the Clerk of Court, nor shall a final decree be granted before three months after such filing.
Provided, however, that when the plaintiff seeks a divorce on the grounds of desertion or separation for one year, the hearing may be held and the decree issued after the responsive pleadings have been filed or after the respondent has been adjudged to be in default whichever occurs sooner.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 20-108; 1952 Code Section 20-108; 1949 (46) 216; 1979 Act No. 10 Section 2.
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