South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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S. 919

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Reese
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11901ac08.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 8, 2008
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Family Court jurisdiction

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/12/2007  Senate  Prefiled
  12/12/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
    1/8/2008  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-63
    1/8/2008  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-63
   1/15/2008  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Ritchie (ch), Rankin, Lourie, 
                        Scott, Ceips

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/12/2007

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-420, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE FAMILY COURT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE COURT HAS JURISDICTION TO REVIEW THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF A CHILD IN A CUSTODY OR VISITATION MATTER, TO MAKE FINDINGS WHETHER THE LOCATION PROVIDES REASONABLE ACCESS FOR VISITATION BY THE NONCUSTODIAL PARENT, AND TO ORDER WHETHER THE CUSTODIAL PARENT MUST ASSIST WITH VISITATION ARRANGEMENTS AND WHETHER THE CUSTODIAL PARENT MUST PETITION THE COURT BEFORE CHANGING THE CHILD'S GEOGRAPHIC RESIDENCE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 20-7-420 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 249 of 2006, is further amended by adding an appropriately numbered item to read:

"( )    to review the geographic location of the residence of a child for whom custody or visitation is in issue, to make findings concerning whether such location provides reasonable access for visitation by the noncustodial parent, and to order whether the custodial parent must assist with visitation arrangements in order to provide reasonable access, what those arrangements entail, and whether the custodial parent must petition the court in order to make a change in the geographic location of the child's residence."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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