23 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 73 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

• Chapter Notes
• Section 7301 - Proceedings Under This Part
  (a) Scope.--Except as otherwise provided in this part, this chapter applies to all proceedings under this part. (b) Proceedings.--This part provides for the following...
• Section 7302 - Action By Minor Parent
  A minor parent or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the...
• Section 7303 - Application Of Law Of This State
  Except as otherwise provided by this part, a responding tribunal of this State: (1) shall apply the procedural and substantive law, including the rules...
• Section 7304 - Duties Of Initiating Tribunal
  (a) Copies of petition.--Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this part, an initiating tribunal of this State shall forward three copies of...
• Section 7305 - Duties And Powers Of Responding Tribunal
  (a) Filing and notice.--If a responding tribunal of this State receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to...
• Section 7306 - Inappropriate Tribunal
  If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this State, it shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to...
• Section 7307 - Duties Of Support Enforcement Agency
  (a) General duty.--A support enforcement agency of this State upon request shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this part. (b)...
• Section 7308 - Supervisory Duty
  If the secretary determines that a support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the secretary may order the...
• Section 7309 - Private Counsel
  An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this part.
• Section 7310 - Duties Of Department
  (a) Designation.--The department is the State information agency under this part. (b) Duties.--The department shall do all of the following: (1) Compile and maintain...
• Section 7311 - Pleadings And Accompanying Documents
  (a) Verification and content.--A petitioner seeking to establish or modify a support order or to determine parentage in a proceeding under this part must...
• Section 7312 - Nondisclosure Of Information In Exceptional Circumstances
  Upon a finding, which may be made ex parte, that the health, safety or liberty of a party or child would be unreasonably put...
• Section 7313 - Costs And Fees
  (a) Petitioner.--The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (b) Obligor.--If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal may...
• Section 7314 - Limited Immunity Of Petitioner
  (a) Jurisdiction over person.--Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney or through services provided...
• Section 7315 - Nonparentage As Defense
  A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to...
• Section 7316 - Special Rules Of Evidence And Procedure
  (a) Physical presence.--The physical presence of the petitioner in a responding tribunal of this State is not required for the establishment, enforcement or modification...
• Section 7317 - Communications Between Tribunals
  A tribunal of this State may communicate with a tribunal of another state in writing or by telephone or other means to obtain information...
• Section 7318 - Assistance With Discovery
  A tribunal of this State may do all of the following: (1) Request a tribunal of another state to assist in obtaining discovery. (2)...
• Section 7319 - Receipt And Disbursement Of Payments
  A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this State shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the...

Last modified: October 8, 2016