2017-2018 Bill 91: Divorce - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 122nd Session, 2017-2018 3 4 S. 91 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 General Bill 9 Sponsors: Senators Gregory, Bennett, Fanning and Shealy 10 Document Path: l:\s-jud\bills\gregory\jud0009.ls.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2017 13 Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary 14 15 Summary: Divorce 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 12/13/2016 Senate Prefiled 22 12/13/2016 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary 23 1/10/2017 Senate Introduced and read first time ( Senate Journalpage 55) 24 1/10/2017 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary ( Senate Journalpage 55) 25 2/7/2017 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Climer, McLeod 26 27 View the latest legislative information at the website 28 29 30 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 31 32 12/13/2016 33 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 3, TITLE 20, CODE OF 12 LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO 13 DIVORCE IN THIS STATE, SO AS TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC 14 POLICY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 15 REGARDING THE AWARD OF ALIMONY. 16 17 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 18 Carolina: 19 20 SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 3, Title 20 of the 1976 Code is 21 amended by adding: 22 23 “Section 20-3-129. The General Assembly recognizes that if 24 alimony is awarded, the award should be based on considerations 25 of equity. Awards of alimony should adequately respond to the 26 varied needs of modern society and seek to equitably resolve 27 disputes arising in all actions for divorce and separation. It is the 28 public policy of the State of South Carolina that, if alimony is 29 awarded, no one form of alimony is preferred over the other and in 30 consideration of all factors and evidence presented by the parties, 31 the award of alimony should protect the public interest and should 32 not benefit one individual over the other.” 33 34 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the 35 Governor. 36 XX 37

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