S0380: Kinship Guardianship

Legislative Summary

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-7-20, Relating To Children's Code Definitions, So As To Define "legal Guardianship" And "legal Guardian"; By Amending Section 63-7-1700, Relating To Permanency Planning, So As To Provide For Procedures To Establish Legal Guardianship With Supplemental Benefits When Adoption Is Not An Option And By Making Conforming Changes; By Adding Section 63-7-1705 So As To Establish Procedures For Initiating The Judicial Establishment Of Legal Guardianship With Supplemental Benefits; By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 7, Title 63 So As To Require The Department Of Social Services To Establish And Administer A Program Of Supplemental Benefits For Legal Guardianship, To Define Terms, To Provide Eligibility Requirements For Program Benefits, To Require The Department To Promulgate Regulations, And For Other Purposes; By Amending Section 63-1-20, Relating To The State's Children's Policy, So As To Include Legal Guardianship When Adoption Is Not Appropriate; And By Amending Section 63-7-2350, Relating To Restrictions On Foster Care Or Adoption Placements, So As To Apply Also To Placement Of A Child In A Legal Guardian's Home. - Ratified Title