South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 3630


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3630
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990302
Primary Sponsor:                  Allison
All Sponsors:                     Allison, Littlejohn and Walker
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\psd\7239ac99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Child custody, child not to be placed in 
                                  custody, relative care, adoptive placement, 
                                  etc. with certain persons; Minors


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990302  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-1642, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROHIBITING FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT WITH CERTAIN PERSONS, SO AS TO EXPAND PROHIBITED PLACEMENTS TO INCLUDE CUSTODY, RELATIVE CARE, ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT, OR GUARDIANSHIP.

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

SECTION 1. Section 20-7-1642 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 391 of 1998, is further amended to read:

"Section 20-7-1642. (A) No child may be placed in foster care custody, relative care, adoptive placement, or guardianship with a person:

(1) with a substantiated history of child abuse or neglect; or

(2) who has pled guilty or nolo contendere to or who has been convicted of:

(a) an 'Offense Against the Person' as provided for in Chapter 3, Title 16;

(b) an 'Offense Against Morality or Decency' as provided for in Chapter 15, Title 16;

(c) contributing to the delinquency of a minor as provided for in Section 16-17-490;

(d) the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature when the victim was a person seventeen years of age or younger;

(e) criminal domestic violence, as defined in Section 16-25-20;

(f) criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, as defined in Section 16-25-65;

(g) a felony drug-related offense under the laws of this State.

(B) A person who has been convicted of a criminal offense similar in nature to a crime enumerated in subsection (A) when the crime was committed in another jurisdiction or under federal law is subject to the restrictions set out in this section."

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

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