2021 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code
Chapter 17 - Paternity And Child Support
Section 63-17-3110. Continuing jurisdiction for spousal support.

(A) A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.

(B) A tribunal of this State may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.

(C) A tribunal of this State that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as:

(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this State; or

(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.

HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2015 Act No. 33 (S.500), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.

Effect of Amendment

2015 Act No. 33, Section 1, in (B), twice inserted reference to "foreign country".

PART III

CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

DERIVATION TABLE

Showing the sections in former Chapter 7, Title 20 from which the sections in this part were derived.

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Section Former

Section 63-17-3210 20-7-1025 63-17-3220 20-7-1030 63-17-3230 20-7-1035 63-17-3240 20-7-1040 63-17-3250 20-7-1045 63-17-3260 20-7-1050 63-17-3270 20-7-1055 63-17-3280 20-7-1060 63-17-3290 20-7-1065 63-17-3300 20-7-1070 63-17-3310 20-7-1075 63-17-3320 20-7-1080 63-17-3330 20-7-1085 63-17-3340 20-7-1090 63-17-3350 20-7-1095 63-17-3360 20-7-1100 63-17-3370 20-7-1105 63-17-3380 20-7-1110 63-17-3390 20-7-1115