South Carolina Code § 63-17-70

Court orders.
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(A)(1) Upon a finding that the putative father is the natural father of the child, the court must issue an order designating the putative father as the natural father and ordering that the birth certificate be amended to include the name of the father.
(2) The order must:
(a) set forth the social security numbers, or the alien identification numbers assigned to resident aliens who do not have social security numbers, of both parents;
(b) establish a duty of support and provide for child support payments in amounts and at a frequency to be determined by the court; and
(c) provide for other relief which has been properly prayed for in the pleadings and which is considered reasonable and just by the court.
(B) Upon a finding that the putative father is not the father of the child, the court shall issue an order which sets forth this finding.
(C) Upon entry of a court order or an administrative determination that the putative father is the legal father pursuant to subsection (A), the clerk of court shall send a report to the Registrar of the Division of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health and Environmental Control showing such information as may be required on an amended certificate of birth to be furnished by the Division of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Effect of Amendment
2019 Act No. 42, SECTION 1, rewrote the section, requiring that the child's birth certificate be amended and for other purposes.
Child Support General Provisions
DERIVATION TABLE
Showing the sections in former Chapter 7, Title 20 from which the sections in this article were derived.
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63-17-310
20-7-933
63-17-320
20-7-934
63-17-330
20-7-92
63-17-340
20-7-840
63-17-350
20-7-936
63-17-360
20-7-850
63-17-370
20-7-860
63-17-380
20-7-862
63-17-390
20-7-870
63-17-400
20-7-880
63-17-410
20-7-890
63-17-420
20-7-900
63-17-430
20-7-910
63-17-440
20-7-920
63-17-450
20-7-854
63-17-460
20-7-855
63-17-470
20-7-852
63-17-480
20-7-853
63-17-490
20-7-873
63-17-500
20-7-930
63-17-510
20-7-932
63-17-520
20-7-856

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