South Carolina — Palmetto
The case paths, shown.
Seven lanes with their FIRST gates — shown with the loaded law; the choice is always the litigant's.
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.
A money claim at $7,500 or less
The magistrate room — concurrent jurisdiction three ways, with its own loaded rulebook and a one-year cap on relief from judgment.
A claim above the magistrate line
The Court of Common Pleas in one of sixteen statutory circuits — and the answer is SERVED within 30 days.
Any claim against a public entity
THE CALENDAR COMES FIRST: two years forever-barred under the Tort Claims Act — three only if the verified claim was filed first.
A professional-negligence claim
The expert affidavit rides WITH the complaint — contemporaneous by the statute's own command, with narrow exceptions read on the unit.
An equity matter
A referral to the master-in-equity can move the whole case — the referred bench sits inside circuit court by the appellate rules' own definition.
A family matter
Information only here — family court is a named lower court, Title 63 is loaded, and judgment calls route to licensed South Carolina counsel.
A traffic charge
CRIMINAL by the chapter's own penalty line — this platform shows the charged statute whole and routes to defense counsel. No options-education.