South Carolina Code 63-19-1630. Institutional transfer
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 63-19-1630
- Child: means a person under the age of eighteen. See South Carolina Code 63-1-40
- Department: means the Department of Juvenile Justice. See South Carolina Code 63-19-20
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
A child committed to an institution under the provisions of this chapter may be transferred by the department to an institution, facility, or vocational training center under its jurisdiction.