Senate Version of Equaled Shared Parenting bill lands on Rankin’s desk

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David Hucks is a 12th generation descendant of the area we now call Myrtle Beach, S.C. David attended Coastal Carolina University and like most of his family, has never left the area. David is the lead journalist at MyrtleBeachSC.com

A Senate Bill, sponsored by Horry County Senator Greg Hembree, was referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 3) earlier this week on February 21st.

A similar shared parenting bill is now working its way through the S.C. House with 60 co-sponsors. The S.C. House bill is certain to pass.

The shared parenting bill now falls on the desk of Horry County Senator, Luke Rankin, the head of the S.C. Senate Judiciary.

The bill creates a presumption that all children deserve equal access to both parents, provided each parent is willing, able and fit to parent the child.

S.C. Democrats and S.C. Republicans equally support the bill, stating the bill will radically improve the family court judicial process.

Questions remain as to whether the liberal Republican, Senator Rankin, will allow the bill to be signed into law or kill it in committee.

The purpose of the bill: TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-15-220, RELATING TO PARENTING PLANS, SO AS TO CREATE A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD TO SPEND APPROXIMATELY AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF TIME WITH EACH PARENT WHEN BOTH PARENTS ARE WILLING, ABLE, AND FIT; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 63-15-240, RELATING TO CHILD CUSTODY ORDERS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE COURT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION CERTAIN FACTORS WHEN DETERMINING WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF A CHILD, TO REQUIRE THAT A CHILD CUSTODY ORDER INCLUDE FINDINGS OF FACT IF THE TIME-SHARING SCHEDULE DOES NOT ALLOCATE APPROXIMATELY EQUAL PARENTING TIME TO EACH PARENT, AND TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS TO MODIFY CHILD CUSTODY ORDERS.

CONFLICTS FOR RANKIN

Rankin centered his entire previous campaign on this issue. Rankin insinuated his opponent was an unfit father, even though no truthful facts were produced to justify those claims.

Rankin and advocates spent over one million dollars in fictitious campaign T.V. ads which evidence later proved that he worked with a local media outlet in advance so as to produce the material provided in those ads.

A lawsuit against Rankin is still working through the court system concerning this matter.

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