Court Opinions

State Laws

US Code

US Constitution

Venue - 23 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2302

Legal Research Home > Pennsylvania Statutes

     § 2302.  Venue.
        Proceedings for voluntary relinquishment, involuntary
     termination and adoption may be brought in the court of the
     county:
            (1)  Where the parent or parents or the adoptee or the
        person or persons who have filed a report of intention to
        adopt required by section 2531 (relating to report of
        intention to adopt) reside.
            (2)  In which is located an office of an agency having
        custody of the adoptee or in the county where the agency
        having placed the adoptee is located.
            (3)  With leave of court, in which the adoptee formerly
        resided.

Last modified: November 27, 2007