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2009-12-10-04

The Supreme Court of South Carolina

            Re: FAMILY COURT COVERSHEET


ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER


In conjunction with the development of the Family Court Case Management System and the Child Support Enforcement System, the Family Court Coversheet has been revised to improve statistical information and reporting in Family Court. 

The following list identifies the newly created Nature of Action codes that have been added to the coversheet:

Nature of Action

Code

Nature of Action

Code

Truancy

311

UIFSA – Incoming

506

Incorrigible

312

Modification of Child Support – Private

507

Runaway

313

Modification of Child Support – DSS

508

Child Support – Private

501

Paternity – Private

761

Child Support – DSS

502

Paternity – DSS

762

Child Support – Judicial Bypass

503

Termination of Parental Rights – Private

771

Registration of Foreign Order of Support

504

Termination of Parental Rights – DSS

772

UIFSA – Outgoing

505

 

 

The titles for the following nature of action codes have changed:

Nature of Action

Code

Abuse and Neglect – Child

210

Abuse and Neglect - Adult

220

Abuse and Neglect - Other

299

The following nature of action codes have been retired and will no longer be used:

Nature of Action

Code

Nature of Action

Code

Status Offense

310

Modification of Child Support

515

Criminal Offense

320

 Paternity

760

Child Support

510

Termination of Parental Rights

770

Therefore, pursuant to the provisions of South Carolina Constitution Article V § 4,

IT IS ORDERED that the updates to the Family Court Coversheet with a revision date of (01/2010) are approved for use in the Family Courts of South Carolina.  The form is located at http://www.sccourts.org/forms.  Previous versions of the coversheet are obsolete.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

  s/Jean Hoefer Toal
Jean Hoefer Toal, Chief Justice

December 10, 2009
Columbia, South Carolina