Current Status Bill Number:4638 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19960215 Primary Sponsor:Jennings All Sponsors:Jennings Drafted Document Number:pfm\7886ac.96 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Parental rights, termination of
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House 19960215 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-1572, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, SO AS TO DELETE AS A GROUND A PARENT HAVING AN ALCOHOL OR DRUG ADDICTION, MENTAL DEFICIENCY, MENTAL ILLNESS, OR EXTREME PHYSICAL INCAPACITY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 20-7-1572(5) and (6) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(5) The presumptive legal father is not the biological father of the child, and the welfare of the child can best be served by termination of the parental rights of the presumptive legal father; or
(6) The parent has a diagnosable condition unlikely to change within a reasonable time such as alcohol or drug addiction, mental deficiency, mental illness, or extreme physical incapacity, and the condition makes the parent unlikely to provide minimally acceptable care of the child."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.