Current Status Bill Number:3266 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950117 Primary Sponsor:Cromer All Sponsors:Cromer Drafted Document Number:BR1\18028AC.95 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Parent, monetary benefits
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House 19950117 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 20-7-95 SO AS TO PROHIBIT A PARENT FROM RECEIVING MONETARY BENEFITS UPON THE DEATH OF A CHILD IF THE PARENT'S CONDUCT WOULD HAVE CONSTITUTED GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION OF THE PARENT'S RIGHTS AND TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 20-7-95. (A) Notwithstanding the definition of `child' in Section 20-7-30, no parent of a child, regardless of the age of the child, may receive monetary benefits from the death of the child if the parent's conduct while the child was under eighteen years of age would have constituted grounds for termination of parental rights as provided for in Section 20-7-1572.
(B) Subsection (A) does not apply if the parent is specifically named as a beneficiary or recipient in the child's will, an insurance policy, or any other document executed by the child naming the parent to receive benefits upon the child's death."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.