Legal Question in Family Law in South Carolina

Re: Older children's rights to divorce information

I don't think that it would necessarily agains the law in South Carolina for a preteen/teenager to read a divorce decree with the word "adultery" in it. I believe the Bible has several references to that word and children are encouraged to read the Bible. The divorce decree itself my contain language that prohibits one spouse from making derogatory remarks about the other spouse, and providing the child with a copy of the decree, the language of which would be derogatory to the other spouse may violate the terms of the Divorce Decree subjecting the offending spouse to a contempt of court citation which in South Carolina carries up to a one (1) year prison sentence and/or a $1500.00 fine. I would consider it to be in bad taste to let the children read the Decree. Time heals the wounds, but if you keep scratching them, they continue to bleed.