SOUTH CAROLINA Part 16

Joint custody “means both parents have equal rights and responsibilities for major decisions concerning the child,” but a judge could pick “one parent to have sole authority to make specific, identified decisions while both parents retain equal rights and responsibilities for all other decisions.”  If joint custody is awarded, the order must include “residential arrangements with each parent in accordance with the needs of each child; and how consultations and communications between parents will take place, generally and specifically, with regard to major decisions concerning the child’s health, medical and dental care, education, extracurricular activities, and religious training.”