2019 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code
Chapter 15 - Child Custody And Visitation
Section 63-15-10. "Tender Years Doctrine" abolished.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 63-15-10 (2019)

The "Tender Years Doctrine" in which there is a preference for awarding a mother custody of a child of tender years is abolished.

HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.

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