# S.C. Code Ann. § 20-1-710: SECTION 20-1-710. Legislative purpose

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## Section

- **Citation:** S.C. Code Ann. § 20-1-710
- **Heading:** SECTION 20-1-710. Legislative purpose
- **Jurisdiction:** South Carolina
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SC Code / Title 20 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 20-1-710

## Text

The General Assembly finds that the family is the fundamental building block of society. Within healthy families children are instilled with values essential to the vitality of our State. These values include personal responsibility, honesty, duty, commitment to others, a work ethic, respect for authority, and sound educational habits. Because the family plays such a crucial role in developing these and other civic virtues essential to self-government, parents have a duty to themselves, their children, and society at large to instill these virtues in their children. Therefore, as much as it is able, the State should promote strong families, for the family is the cradle of an ordered and vibrant republic. Self-government depends upon civic virtue, and civic virtue in turn depends upon healthy families. The purpose of this act is to emphasize the importance of families to the success and well-being of our State.

## Nearby sections

- [S.C. Code Ann. § 20-1-700 SECTION 20-1-700. Short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T20_C1_A7_S20-1-700.md)
- [S.C. Code Ann. § 20-1-710 SECTION 20-1-710. Legislative purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T20_C1_A7_S20-1-710.md)
- [S.C. Code Ann. § 20-1-720 SECTION 20-1-720. Publication and distribution of "South Carolina Family Respect" pamphlet.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T20_C1_A7_S20-1-720.md)

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