Unless a client has been adjudicated incompetent, he must not be denied the right to: (1) dispose of property, real and personal; (2) execute instruments; (3) make purchases; (4) enter into contractual relationships; (5) hold a driver's license; (6) marry or divorce; (7) be a qualified elector if otherwise qualified. The county board of voter registration in counties with department facilities reasonably shall assist clients who express a desire to vote to: (a) obtain voter registration forms, applications for absentee ballots, and absentee ballots; (b) comply with other requirements which are prerequisite for voting; (c) vote by absentee ballot if necessary; (8) exercise rights of citizenship in the same manner as a person without intellectual disability or a related disability. HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 366, Section 1; 2011 Act No. 47, Section 6, eff June 7, 2011.
South Carolina Legal Code