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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 42-1-170

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
The term "parent" includes stepparents and parents by adoption, parents-in-law and any person who for more than three years prior to the death of the deceased employee stood in the place of a parent to him, if dependent on the injured employee.