§ 63-17-1410 Definitions
§ 63-17-1420 Orders for support subject to withholding notice
§ 63-17-1430 Petitioning the court
§ 63-17-1440 Verified notice of delinquency
§ 63-17-1450 Petitions to stay service
§ 63-17-1460 Notice to withhold
§ 63-17-1470 Termination or suspension of withholding
§ 63-17-1480 Change of address notification
§ 63-17-1490 Obligee’s public aid status
§ 63-17-1500 Notification upon employment
§ 63-17-1510 Unemployment benefits notification
§ 63-17-1520 Reporting receipt of payment toward arrearage
§ 63-17-1530 Record of payments and disbursements
§ 63-17-1540 Forms
§ 63-17-1550 Payor’s wilful failure to withhold
§ 63-17-1560 False proceedings; contempt
§ 63-17-1570 Additional rights and remedies
§ 63-17-1580 Centralized system of withholding
§ 63-17-1590 Authority to promulgate regulations
§ 63-17-1600 Recording arrearages

Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 63 > Chapter 17 > Article 11 - Income Withholding to Enforce Child Support

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Child: means a person under the age of eighteen. See South Carolina Code 63-1-40
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Parent: means biological parent, adoptive parents, step-parent, or person with legal custody. See South Carolina Code 63-1-40
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.