South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee

H 3014 — Visitation

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This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 05, 2024. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-17-20, RELATING IN PART TO AN UNMARRIED FATHER'S VISITATION RIGHTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE COURT TO AWARD VISITATION TO THE FATHER IF PATERNITY IS ACKNOWLEDGED OR ADJUDICATED, WITH EXCEPTIONS.

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2025-2026 Bill 3014 Text of Previous Version (Dec.
06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 3014Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A bill   TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-17-20, RELATING IN PART TO AN UNMARRIED FATHER'S VISITATION RIGHTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE COURT TO AWARD VISITATION TO THE FATHER IF PATERNITY IS ACKNOWLEDGED OR ADJUDICATED, WITH EXCEPTIONS.
  Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
  SECTION 1.  Section 63-17-20(B) of the S.C.
Code is amended to read:
      (B) Unless the court orders otherwise, the custody of an illegitimate child is solely in the natural mother unless the mother has relinquished her rights to the child.
If paternity has been acknowledged or adjudicated, the father may petition the court for rights of visitation or custody in a proceeding before the court apart from an action to establish paternity the court must award visitation to the father.
The frequency, duration, and any other conditions or stipulations regarding the terms of visitation must be set forth in a court order.
Within ten days of the order awarding visitation to the father, the mother may file a motion to reconsider along with an affidavit objecting to the award of visitation on the basis that the parent is unfit and poses a risk to the health, safety, and well-being of the child.
  SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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  1. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

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What does H 3014 do?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-17-20, RELATING IN PART TO AN UNMARRIED FATHER'S VISITATION RIGHTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE COURT TO AWARD VISITATION TO THE FATHER IF PATERNITY IS ACKNOWLEDGED OR ADJUDICATED, WITH EXCEPTIONS.
Who sponsors H 3014?
H 3014 is sponsored by Representative Robby Robbins, Representative Wm. Weston J. Newton, and Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter.
What is the current status of H 3014?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 05, 2024. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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