Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3899 Primary Sponsor:Thomas Committee Number:25 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Adoption provisions Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:436/11232AC.93 Introduced Date:19930413 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930413 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Thomas Kelley Vaughn Sharpe Govan Graham Harrison Allison Askins Cooper Stille D. Smith Neal Corning Beatty Witherspoon Canty Delleney Lanford Trotter Stone D. Wilder Hutson Snow Type of Legislation:General Bill
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3899 House 19930413 Introduced, read first time, 25
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TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-1700, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CONTENTS OF A CONSENT OR RELINQUISHMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN ADOPTION AND SECTION 20-7-1720, RELATING TO WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT OR RELINQUISHMENT, BOTH SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT OR RELINQUISHMENT IS PERMITTED WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 20-7-1700(A)(7) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(7) that consent or relinquishment once given must may not be withdrawn after seventy-two hours from the time the consent or relinquishment is signed, except by order of the court upon a finding that it is in the best interests of the child, and that the consent or relinquishment was not given voluntarily or was obtained under duress or through coercion; and that the entry of the final decree of adoption renders any consent or relinquishment irrevocable;".
SECTION 2. Section 20-7-1720 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 20-7-1720. Withdrawal of any a consent or relinquishment is not permitted after seventy-two hours from the time the consent or relinquishment is signed, except by order of the court after notice and opportunity to be heard is given to all persons concerned, and except when the court finds that the withdrawal is in the best interests of the child and that the consent or relinquishment was not given voluntarily or was obtained under duress or through coercion. Any A person attempting to withdraw consent or relinquishment shall file the reasons for withdrawal with the family court. The entry of the final decree of adoption renders any consent or relinquishment irrevocable."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.