South Carolina Code of Laws 20-1-560
Service on persons in military or naval services overseas in action to annul marriage.
No action shall be brought under the provisions of Section 20-1-550 against a man or woman in the military or naval service who is beyond the seas, nor until after such man or woman in the military or naval service has returned from beyond the seas for a period of three months, unless such defendant consents to such proceeding.
1962 Code Section 20-46; 1952 Code Section 20-46; 1946 (44) 1564.
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