SEP 16, 1982

Regarding the potential effect of the recently enacted Circuit Court Rule 102 on the statutory provisions of § 20-7-440(D), S. C. Code of Laws, 1976, as amended (§ 20-7-440(D) has been amended by Sec. 9 Act 398, 1982 Joint Acts and Resolutions and renumbered as § 20-7-736) which requires that a hearing be held to determine whether a child should be removed because of neglect or abuse within thirty (30) days of the date of the receipt of the petition for removal in the Family Court.

Requested by: James C. Williams, Jr., Esquire

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