these statutes are the pecans in my ice cream.......

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SECTION 20-7-30. Definitions. [SC ST SEC 20-7-30]

(3) “GUARDIAN” means a person who legally has the care and

management of a child.

 

SECTION 20-7-100. Rights and duties of parents in regard to their

minor children. [SC ST SEC 20-7-100]

The mother and father are the JOINT NATURAL GUARDIANS of their minor

children and are equally charged with the welfare and education of

their minor children and the care and management of the estates of

their minor children; and the MOTHER AND FATHER HAVE EQUAL POWER,

RIGHTS, AND DUTIES, and neither parent has any right paramount to

the right of the other concerning the custody of the minor or the

control of the services or the earnings of the minor or any other

matter affecting the minor. Each parent, whether the custodial or

noncustodial parent of the child, has equal access and the same

right to obtain all educational records and medical records of their

minor children and the right to participate in their children’s

school activities unless prohibited by order of the court. Neither

parent shall forcibly take a child from the guardianship of the

parent legally entitled to custody of the child.