South Carolina Code 63-15-518. Modification of agreement
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(A) The parents may modify an agreement regarding custodial responsibility made pursuant to this article by mutual consent.
(B) If an agreement under subsection (A) is modified before deployment of a deploying parent, the modification must be in writing and signed by both parents and any nonparent who will exercise custodial responsibility under the modified agreement.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 63-15-518
- Custodial responsibility: is a comprehensive term that includes any and all powers and duties relating to caretaking authority and decision-making authority for a child. See South Carolina Code 63-15-502
- Deploying parent: means a service member, who is deployed or has been notified of impending deployment, and is:
(a) a parent of a child under the law of this State other than this article; or
(b) an individual other than a parent who has custodial responsibility of a child under the law of this State other than this article;
(9) "Deployment" means the movement or mobilization of a service member to a location for more than ninety days but fewer than eighteen months pursuant to an official order that:
(a) is designated as unaccompanied;
(b) does not authorize dependent travel; or
(c) otherwise does not permit the movement of family members to that location. See South Carolina Code 63-15-502 - Nonparent: means an individual other than a deploying parent or other parent. See South Carolina Code 63-15-502
- Parent: means biological parent, adoptive parents, step-parent, or person with legal custody. See South Carolina Code 63-1-40
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See South Carolina Code 63-15-502
(C) If an agreement under subsection (A) is modified during deployment of a deploying parent, the modification must be agreed to in a record by both parents and any nonparent who will exercise custodial responsibility under the modified agreement.