11 chapters · 776 sections in this title.
S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2730 Voluntary extension of foster care; jurisdiction; transition plan
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(A) Before a child's eighteenth birthday, the child may provide written authorization to remain under the placement and care responsibility of the department after the child attains age eighteen and the court may conclude that it is in the child's best interests to remain under t…
S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2740 Proceedings for review of voluntary placement agreement
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(A) Within thirty days of entering a voluntary placement agreement, the department shall initiate proceedings for the review of the agreement by filing with the court a summons, petition, and supplemental report as outlined in subsection (B). The summons, petition, and supplement…
S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2750 Court-ordered extension of foster care; annual review of child's status; guardian ad litem
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(A) A child who is in the legal custody of the department on the child's eighteenth birthday and who, due to a physical, intellectual, emotional, or psychiatric impairment, cannot execute a voluntary placement agreement in accordance with Section 63-7-2730 (B), may remain in fost…
Administrative case review; development of transition plan
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(A) The department shall establish a developmentally appropriate administrative process to review the case of a child who remains under the placement and care responsibility or in the legal custody of the department beyond the child's eighteenth birthday pursuant to Section 63-7-…