Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Section 7105 - Application of part to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding - (a) Applicability.--A tribunal of this State shall apply Chapter 71...

Chapter 72 - Jurisdiction

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 72 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58, No.20,...

Section 7201 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident - (a) Jurisdiction.--In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support...

Section 7202 - Procedure when exercising jurisdiction over nonresident (Repealed) - 2015 Repeal. Section 7202 was repealed December 28, 2015, P.L.559,...

Section 7202.1 - Duration of personal jurisdiction - Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this State in...

Section 7203 - Initiating and responding tribunal of this State - Under this part, a tribunal of this State may serve...

Section 7204 - Simultaneous proceedings - (a) Permissible.--A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to...

Section 7205 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support orders - (a) Extent.--A tribunal of this State that has issued a...

Section 7206 - Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support orders - (a) Initiating tribunal.--A tribunal of this State that has issued...

Section 7207 - Determination of controlling child support order - (a) Single child support order.--If a proceeding is brought under...

Section 7208 - Multiple child support orders for two or more obligees - In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two...

Section 7209 - Credit for payments - Amounts collected and credited for a particular period pursuant to...

Section 7210 - Application of part to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction - A tribunal of this State exercising personal jurisdiction over a...

Section 7211 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order - (a) Modification.--A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal support...

Chapter 73 - Civil Provisions of General Application

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 73 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58, No.20,...

Section 7301 - Proceedings under this part - (a) Scope.--Except as otherwise provided in this part, this Chapter...

Section 7302 - Action by minor parent - A minor parent or a guardian or other legal representative...

Section 7303 - Application of law of this State - Except as otherwise provided by this part, a responding tribunal...

Section 7304 - Duties of initiating tribunal - (a) Copies of petition.--Upon the filing of a petition authorized...

Section 7305 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal - (a) Filing and notice.--If a responding tribunal of this State...

Section 7306 - Inappropriate tribunal - If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an...

Section 7307 - Duties of support enforcement agency - (a) General duty.--In a proceeding under this part, a support...

Section 7308 - Supervisory duty - (a) Secretary.--If the secretary determines that a support enforcement agency...

Section 7309 - Private counsel - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...

Section 7310 - Duties of department - (a) Designation.--The department is the State information agency under this...

Section 7311 - Pleadings and accompanying documents - (a) Verification and content.--In a proceeding under this part, a...

Section 7312 - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances - If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading...

Section 7313 - Costs and fees - (a) Petitioner.--The petitioner may not be required to pay a...

Section 7314 - Limited immunity of petitioner - (a) Jurisdiction over person.--Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding...

Section 7315 - Nonparentage as defense - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...

Section 7316 - Special rules of evidence and procedure - (a) Physical presence.--The physical presence of a nonresident party who...

Section 7317 - Communications between tribunals - A tribunal of this State may communicate with a tribunal...

Section 7318 - Assistance with discovery - A tribunal of this State may do all of the...

Section 7319 - Receipt and disbursement of payments - (a) Payments.--A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this State...

Chapter 74 - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 74 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58, No.20,...

Section 7401 - Establishment of support order - (a) Jurisdiction.--If a support order entitled to recognition under this...

Section 7402 - Proceeding to determine parentage - A tribunal of this State authorized to determine parentage of...

Chapter 75 - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 75 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58, No.20,...

Section 7501 - Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state - An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent...

Section 7501.1 - Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state - (a) Copy of order.--Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the...

Section 7501.2 - Compliance with multiple income-withholding orders - If an obligor's employer receives multiple income-withholding orders with respect...

Section 7501.3 - Immunity from civil liability - An employer who complies with an income-withholding order issued in...

Section 7501.4 - Penalties for noncompliance - An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding...

Section 7501.5 - Contest by obligor - An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an...

Section 7502 - Administrative enforcement of orders - (a) Initiation.--A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce...

Chapter 76 - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 76 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58, No.20,...

Section 7601 - Registration of order for enforcement - A support order or an income-withholding order issued in another...

Section 7602 - Procedure to register order for enforcement - (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in section 77A06 (relating...

Section 7603 - Effect of registration for enforcement - (a) Procedure.--A support order or income-withholding order issued in another...

Section 7604 - Choice of law - (a) General rule.--Subject to subsection (d), the law of the...

Section 7605 - Notice of registration of order - (a) Requirement.--When a support order or income-withholding order issued in...

Section 7606 - Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order - (a) Action.--A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or...

Section 7607 - Contest of registration or enforcement - (a) Defenses.--A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a...

Section 7608 - Confirmed order - Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...

Section 7609 - Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify or...

Section 7610 - Effect of registration for modification - A tribunal of this State may enforce a child support...

Section 7611 - Modification of child support order of another state - (a) Authority.--After a child support order issued in another state...

Section 7612 - Recognition of order modified in another state - If a child support order issued by a tribunal of...

Section 7613 - Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this State - (a) General rule.--If all of the parties who are individuals...

Section 7614 - Notice to issuing tribunal of modification - Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support...

Section 7615 - Jurisdiction to modify child support order of a foreign country - (a) Jurisdiction.--Except as otherwise provided under section 77A11 (relating to...

Section 7616 - Procedure to register child support order of a foreign country for modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify or...

Chapter 77 - Determination of Parentage (Repealed)

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 77A was added December 28, 2015, P.L.559, No.94,...

Chapter 77A - Support Proceeding Under Convention

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 77A was added December 28, 2015, P.L.559, No.94,...

Section 77A01 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...

Section 77A02 - Applicability - This chapter applies only to a support proceeding under the...

Section 77A03 - Relationship of department to United States central authority - The department is recognized as the agency designated by the...

Section 77A04 - Initiation by department of support proceeding under convention - (a) Duties.--In a support proceeding under this chapter, the department...

Section 77A05 - Direct request - (a) General rule.--A petitioner may file a direct request seeking:...

Section 77A06 - Registration of convention support order - (a) Registration required.--Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a...

Section 77A07 - Contest of registered convention support order - (a) Applicability.--Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, sections 7605...

Section 77A08 - Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order - (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a...

Section 77A09 - Partial enforcement - If a tribunal of this State does not recognize and...

Section 77A10 - Foreign support agreement - (a) Recognition and enforcement.--Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c)...

Section 77A11 - Modification of convention child support order - (a) General rule.--A tribunal of this State may not modify...

Section 77A12 - Personal information - Personal information gathered or transmitted under this chapter may be...

Section 77A13 - Record in original language - A record filed with a tribunal of this State under...

Chapter 78 - Interstate Rendition

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 78 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58, No.20,...

Section 7801 - Grounds for rendition - (a) Definition of Governor.--For purposes of this chapter, "Governor" includes...

Section 7802 - Conditions of rendition - (a) Extradition to this State.--Before making demand that the Governor...

Chapter 79 - Miscellaneous Provisions

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 79 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58, No.20,...

Section 7901 - Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform part, consideration must be...

Section 7902 - Transitional provision - This part applies to proceedings beginning on or after the...

Section 7903 - Severability - If any provision of this part or its application to...

Chapter 81 - General Provisions

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 81 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58, No.20,...

Section 8101 - Short title of part and definitions - (a) Short title of part.--This part shall be known and...

Section 8102 - Scope - This part applies to actions between parties from different counties...

Section 8103 - Remedies cumulative - Remedies provided by this part are cumulative and do not...

Chapter 82 - Jurisdiction

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 82 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58, No.20,...

Section 8201 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction - (a) Extent.--A tribunal issuing a support order has continuing, exclusive...

Section 8202 - Recognition of support orders - (a) Principles.--If a proceeding is brought under this part and...

Section 8203 - Credit for payments - Amounts collected and credited for a particular period pursuant to...

Chapter 83 - Civil Provisions of General Application

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 83 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58, No.20,...

Section 8301 - Proceedings under this part - (a) Scope.--This part provides for the following proceedings: (1) Establishment...

Section 8302 - Action by minor parent - A minor parent or a guardian or other legal representative...

Section 8303 - Duties of initiating tribunal - Upon the filing of a petition or complaint authorized by...

Section 8304 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal - (a) Filing and notice.--If a responding tribunal receives a petition,...

Section 8305 - Inappropriate tribunal - If a petition, complaint or comparable pleading is received by...

Section 8306 - Duties of support enforcement agency - (a) General duty.--A support enforcement agency upon request shall provide...

Section 8307 - Supervisory duty - If the secretary determines that a support enforcement agency is...

Section 8308 - Private counsel - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...

Section 8309 - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances - Upon a finding, which may be made ex parte, that...

Section 8310 - Nonparentage not a defense - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...

Section 8311 - Special rules of evidence and procedure - (a) Physical presence.--The physical presence of the petitioner in a...

Section 8312 - Assistance with discovery - A tribunal may do any of the following: (1) Request...

Section 8313 - Costs and fees - (a) Prohibition.--The department or a support enforcement agency may not...

Chapter 84 - Enforcement and Modification of Support Order After Registration

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 84 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58, No.20,...

Section 8401 - Registration of order - A support order issued by a tribunal may be registered...

Section 8402 - Procedure to register order - (a) General rule.--A support order may be registered by sending...

Section 8411 - Notice of registration of order - (a) Requirement.--If a support order or order issued by another...

Section 8412 - Procedure to contest validity of registered order - (a) Action.--A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity of...

Section 8413 - Contest of registration or enforcement - (a) Defenses.--A party contesting the validity of a registered order...

Section 8414 - Confirmed order - Confirmation of a registered order, whether by operation of law...

Section 8415 - Effect of a confirmed order - A confirmed order has the following effect: (1) It confers...

Chapter 83 - Legitimacy of Children (Repealed)

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 83 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58, No.20,...

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Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS

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