2018 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code
CHAPTER 17 - PATERNITY AND CHILD SUPPORT
Section 63-17-620. State Disbursement Unit; operation and administration; court costs.
(A) The Department of Social Services shall establish a State Disbursement Unit for the collection and disbursement of all child, spousal, or child and spousal support payments.
(B) The State Disbursement Unit shall be operated and administered by either (1) the Child Support Enforcement Division of the Department of Social Services, or (2) a contractor directly responsible to the Department of Social Services.
(C) Amounts collected through the State Disbursement Unit are subject to court costs pursuant to Section 63-3-370(C).
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 332, Section 1.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, this section was redesignated from Section 63-17-540 and placed under Article 4, State Disbursement Unit.
Editor's Note
The State Disbursement Unit is to be implemented in accordance with Section 63-17-610. See 2008 Act No. 332, Section 8 referencing this section as enacted in Chapter 7 of Title 20.
