Section 63-7-970. Children of incarcerated women.

SC Code § 63-7-970 (2019) (N/A)
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The local office of the department responsible for the county of the mother's legal residence must provide, direct, or coordinate the appropriate and timely delivery of services to children born of incarcerated mothers where no provision has been made for placement of the child outside the prison setting. Referral of these cases to the appropriate local office is the responsibility of the agency or institution having custody of the mother.

HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.