The validity of a divorce or annulment decree granted by a court having jurisdiction over the subject matter may not be questioned by a party who was subject to the personal jurisdiction of the court except by direct appeal provided or prescribed by law. A party who sought and obtained a decree, financed or agreed to its procurement, or accepted a property settlement, alimony pendente lite or alimony pursuant to the terms of the decree, or who remarries after the decree, or is guilty of laches, is barred from making a collateral attack upon the validity of the decree unless, by clear and convincing evidence, it is established that fraud by the other party prevented the making of a timely appeal from the divorce or annulment decree.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 33 - Dissolution of Marital Status
Section 3301 - Grounds for divorce
Section 3303 - Annulment of void and voidable marriages
Section 3304 - Grounds for annulment of void marriages
Section 3305 - Grounds for annulment of voidable marriages
Section 3306 - Proceedings to determine marital status
Section 3308 - Action where defendant suffering from mental disorder
Section 3309 - General appearance and collusion
Section 3321 - Hearing by master
Section 3323 - Decree of court
Section 3331 - Limitations on attacks upon decrees