23 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 83 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

• Chapter Notes
• Section 8301 - Proceedings Under This Part
  (a) Scope.--This part provides for the following proceedings: (1) Establishment of an order for spousal support or child support. (2) Registration of an order...
• Section 8302 - 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 8303 - Duties Of Initiating Tribunal
  Upon the filing of a petition or complaint authorized by this part, an initiating tribunal shall forward one copy of the petition or complaint...
• Section 8304 - Duties And Powers Of Responding Tribunal
  (a) Filing and notice.--If a responding tribunal receives a petition, a complaint or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to section...
• Section 8305 - Inappropriate Tribunal
  If a petition, complaint or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal, it shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate...
• Section 8306 - Duties Of Support Enforcement Agency
  (a) General duty.--A support enforcement agency upon request shall provide services to an obligee in a proceeding under this part. (b) Specific duties.--A support...
• Section 8307 - 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 8308 - Private Counsel
  An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this part.
• Section 8309 - 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 8310 - Nonparentage Not A 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 8311 - Special Rules Of Evidence And Procedure
  (a) Physical presence.--The physical presence of the petitioner in a responding tribunal is not required for the establishment, enforcement or modification of a support...
• Section 8312 - Assistance With Discovery
  A tribunal may do any of the following: (1) Request another tribunal to assist in obtaining discovery. (2) Upon request, compel a person over...
• Section 8313 - Costs And Fees
  (a) Prohibition.--The department or a support enforcement agency may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (b) Obligor.--If an obligee...

Last modified: October 8, 2016