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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ) IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE )       JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF       ) ) )       and ) MOTION TO WAIVE FILING ) REQUIREMENT       ) Plaintiff(s) ) Docket No.       The Plaintiff,       , respectfully request that the Court waive the requirement of naming a non-joining parent pursuant to Section 15-49-10(B), S.C. Code, as amended, and as grounds therefore, state as follows: 1. In pertinent part, Section 15-49-10(B) of the South Carolina Code provides: “ (B) A parent who desires to change the name of his minor child may petition, in writing, a family court judge in the appropriate circuit. The other parent, if there is not one then the child, must be named as a party in the action unless waived by the court. . .” 2. The Plaintiff is the Mother or Father of the Minor       . 3. The Minor’s Mother or Father is not a party hereto for the following reason: The Father is unnamed on the Minor’s Birth Certificate; He/She is deceased; Other (specify)       . Petitioner(s), being first duly sworn, upon oath, state(s) that they have read the foregoing Motion and know(s) the contents thereof, and the same are true. ____________________________________ Petitioner       Print or Type Name Subscribed and sworn to before me this       day of       , 20       . My commission expires:       Deputy Clerk/Notary Public Motion to Waive Filing Requirement Page 1 of 1