Current Status Bill Number:1168 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19980402 Primary Sponsor:McConnell All Sponsors:McConnell Drafted Document Number:res1551.gfm Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Date of Last Amendment:19980423 Subject:Paternity, putative father may institute actions to establish; Domestic Relations, Courts, Family
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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House 19980429 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
referred to Committee
Senate 19980428 Read third time, sent to House
Senate 19980423 Amended, read second time
Senate 19980422 Committee report: Favorable 11 SJ
Senate 19980402 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ
referred to Committee
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AMENDED
April 23, 1998
S. 1168
S. Printed 4/23/98--S.
Read the first time April 2, 1998.
TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-952, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INITIATION OF ACTIONS TO ESTABLISH PATERNITY, SO AS TO INCLUDE THE PUTATIVE FATHER AS ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY INSTITUTE SUCH ACTIONS.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 20-7-952 C. of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"C. An action to establish the paternity of an individual may be brought by:
(1) A a child;
(2) The the natural mother of a child;
(3) Any any person in whose care a child has been placed;
(4) An an authorized agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Social Services, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 of Title 43, and any other person or agency pursuant to the provisions of Sections 20-7-435 and 20-7-840; or
(5) A a person who claims to be the father of a child. or
(6) a person who is the presumed, inferred, or alleged legal father."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.