South Carolina — Palmetto
Family matters — information only.
TrialVector shows South Carolina law verbatim, teaches the procedure, and routes judgment calls to licensed South Carolina attorneys - it prepares no documents for you in South Carolina today.
Safety first
If you or a child are in danger, call 911 now. South Carolina's Protection from Domestic Abuse Act lives in Title 20 of the Code — Title 20 is not loaded in this build, so this platform quotes none of it: the judiciary's own self-help resources and a licensed South Carolina attorney are the road for protection orders, today, not this page.
The forum law IS loaded — the family court's own jurisdiction
"The family court has exclusive jurisdiction: (1) to hear and determine matters which come within the provisions of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; (2) to hear and determine actions for divorce a vinculo matrimonii"
S.C. Code § 63-3-530 — jurisdiction in domestic matters, read whole
Children's matters carry their own exclusive-original-jurisdiction section: § 63-3-510. And the appellate rules name family court as a lower court in the same definition that names the master-in-equity: Rule 202(b)(1), SCACR.
What is loaded, what is not — the split, stated
- Loaded: Title 63 (the Children's Code) whole — 774 sections live-counted on this request, the forum's jurisdiction sections among them.
- Not loaded: Title 20 (Domestic Relations) — grounds for divorce, alimony, property division, and the Protection from Domestic Abuse Act. Stated, not papered over; no paraphrase ships from here.
The honest posture
Family matters are judgment-call territory — custody, support, and protection decisions turn on facts no platform should weigh. This lane shows the loaded forum law and ROUTES: a licensed South Carolina family-court attorney is the answer to every "what should I do" question here. The rail, honestly closed.