South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

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Bill 4608

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4608
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020129
Primary Sponsor:                  Snow
All Sponsors:                     Snow
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11137ac02.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Paternity, child support orders must be 
                                  set aside when paternity not established 
                                  through genetic testing


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020129  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-958, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO A VERIFIED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PATERNITY CREATING A LEGAL FINDING OF PATERNITY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT PATERNITY ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO A VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY AND ANY ORDER FOR CHILD SUPPORT RELATED TO THIS PATERNITY MUST BE SET ASIDE IF AN ACTION IS BROUGHT WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PATERNITY AND IF GENETIC TESTING DOES NOT RESULT IN A STATISTICAL PROBABILITY OF PATERNITY OF NINETY-FIVE PERCENT OR HIGHER.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 20-7-958 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 71 of 1997, is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:

    "( )    Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other provision of law, the court shall set aside paternity established pursuant to this section, and any order for child support based upon this paternity, upon the petition of a signatory to the voluntary acknowledgement of paternity, brought within three years of the establishment of paternity, if genetic testing conducted subsequent to the establishment of paternity reveals that there is not a statistical probability of paternity of ninety-five percent or higher."

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

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