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H. 3134
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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. G.M. Smith, Clyburn, Hixon and Taylor
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Introduced in the House on January 10, 2017
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Grounds for divorce
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/15/2016 House Prefiled
12/15/2016 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/10/2017 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 88)
1/10/2017 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(House Journal-page 88)
1/18/2017 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon
1/19/2017 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 20-3-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE, SO AS TO ADD AS A GROUND CONDUCT OR TREATMENT THAT DESTROYS THE WELL-BEING, HAPPINESS, AND WELFARE OF A SPOUSE AND RENDERS CONTINUED COHABITATION UNSAFE OR UNENDURABLE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 20-3-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 20-3-10. No divorce from the bonds of matrimony shall be granted except upon one or more of the following grounds, to wit:
(1) adultery;
(2) desertion for a period of one year;
(3) physical cruelty;
(4) habitual drunkenness; provided, that this ground shall be construed to include habitual drunkenness caused by the use of any narcotic drug; or
(5) conduct or treatment which destroys or tends to destroy the mental or physical well-being, happiness, and welfare of the other and renders continued cohabitation unsafe or unendurable; or
(6) on the application of either party if and when the husband and wife have lived separate and apart without cohabitation for a period of one year. A plea of res judicata or of recrimination with respect to any other provision of this section shall not be a bar to either party obtaining a divorce on this ground."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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