South Carolina General Assembly
105th Session, 1983-1984

Bill 2141

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               2141
Ratification Number:       71
Act Number                 43
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Payment of small sums to minors or
                           incompetents
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(A43, R71, H2141)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 15-71-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PAYMENT OF SMALL SUMS TO MINORS OR INCOMPETENTS SO AS TO INCREASE TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS THE AMOUNTS WHICH MAY BE PAID TO MINORS AND INCOMPETENTS DIRECTLY.

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

Payment of sums to minors or incompetents

SECTION 1. Section 15-71-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 15-71-10. When a minor or other incompetent becomes entitled to a sum of not exceeding five thousand dollars and has no general or testamentary guardian or committee to whom such sum may be paid, if, in the judgment of the court, the sum is too small to warrant the expense of the appointment of a guardian or committee, such court or the judge thereof may make an order for the same to be paid the minor or other incompetent or the father or mother of such minor or other incompetent, or if the father and mother be dead, to some other person for the benefit of such minor or other incompetent as to such court or judge may seem best. When a guardian or committee has been appointed for a minor or other incompetent and an accounting is filed with the probate court and the corpus then remaining for the benefit of the minor or other incompetent is five thousand dollars or less the court, in its discretion, may order the corpus to be paid to the minor or other incompetent or the father or mother of such minor or other incompetent or, if the father or mother be dead, to some other person for the benefit of such minor or other incompetent as to such court may seem best, after which the guardian or committee may be discharged as provided by law."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.