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Legal Information: South Carolina
Updated:
November 13, 2023Step 1: Get the necessary forms.
To start your case, you will need to fill out forms that you can get at the courthouse or online on our SC Download Court Forms page.
If you are going to court to get the forms, go to the Family Court clerk in the county where you live or are in shelter, where the abuser lives, where you and the abuser last lived together, or in the county where the abuse took place.1
Note: If it is after hours and the courts are closed, you may go to Magistrate’s Court to file for an order of protection. To find the courthouse in your county, go to SC Courthouse Locations.
1 S.C. Code § 20-4-30(A)-(C)
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