Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 23 (Domestic Relations)

649 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 3903 — Review of programs
• § 3904 — Existing programs
• § 4 — Continuation of prior law
• § 4101 — Liability for debts contracted before marriage
• § 4102 — Proceedings in case of debts contracted for necessaries
• § 4103 — (Reserved)
• § 4104 — Right of married person to separate earnings
• § 4105 — Loans between married persons
• § 4106 — Construction of chapter
• § 4301 — Scope of chapter
• § 4302 — (2) A court may award any type of custody set forth in section 5323 to a parent who has
• § 4303 — Information to consumer reporting agency
• § 4304 — (relating to endangering welfare of children) or an equivalent
• § 4304.1 — Cooperation of government and nongovernment agencies
• § 4305 — General administration of support matters
• § 4306 — Duties of Title IV-D attorney
• § 4307 — State income tax intercept
• § 4308 — Lottery winnings intercept
• § 4308.1 — Collection of overdue support from monetary awards
• § 4309 — Publication of delinquent support obligors
• § 4321 — Liability for support
• § 4322 — Support guideline
• § 4323 — Support of emancipated child
• § 4324 — Inclusion of spousal medical support
• § 4325 — Payment of order of support
• § 4326 — Mandatory inclusion of child medical support
• § 4327 — Postsecondary educational costs
• § 4341 — Commencement of support actions or proceedings
• § 4342 — Expedited procedure
• § 4343 — Paternity
• § 4344 — Contempt for failure of obligor to appear
• § 4345 — Contempt for noncompliance with support order
• § 4346 — Contempt for noncompliance with visitation or partial custody order (Repealed)
• § 4347 — Security for attendance or performance
• § 4348 — Attachment of income
• § 4349 — Consolidation of proceedings
• § 4350 — Effect of appeal
• § 4351 — Costs and fees
• § 4352 — Continuing jurisdiction over support orders
• § 4353 — Duty to report
• § 4354 — Willful failure to pay support order
• § 4355 — Denial or suspension of licenses
• § 4361 — Execution of support order against entireties property
• § 4362 — Plaintiff's share of proceeds of sale
• § 4363 — Trustee to distribute proceeds of sale
• § 4364 — Credit to plaintiff who purchases property
• § 4365 — Rights of divorced person in entireties property sold for support
• § 4366 — Other enforcement remedies preserved
• § 4371 — Definitions
• § 4372 — Establishment of Title IV-D program
• § 4373 — Administration of Title IV-D program
• § 4374 — State disbursement unit
• § 4375 — Access to records
• § 4376 — Central registry
• § 4377 — Power to expedite support cases
• § 4378 — Assistance recipients to seek support
• § 4379 — Cooperation required
• § 4380 — Enforcement of cooperation requirements
• § 4381 — Garnishment of wages of Commonwealth employees
• § 4391 — Definitions
• § 4392 — Employer reporting
• § 4393 — Use of information
• § 4394 — Guidelines
• § 4395 — Confidentiality
• § 4396 — Penalties
• § 4501 — - 4540) was added October 30, 1985, P
• § 4601 — Scope of chapter
• § 4602 — Definitions
• § 4603 — Relatives' liability; procedure
• § 4604 — Property liable for expenses
• § 4605 — Recovery of money
• § 4606 — Guardian
• § 478.125 — a (relating to personal firearms collection)
• § 4904 — (relating to unsworn falsification to authorities)
• § 4906 — (relating to false reports to law enforcement authorities)
• § 4906.1 — (relating to false reports of child
• § 4954 — (relating to protective orders); or
• § 4958 — (relating to intimidation, retaliation
• § 5 — Construction of Divorce Code
• § 501 — (c)(3)); and
• § 505 — (relating to use of
• § 5101 — Attainment of full age
• § 5102 — Children declared to be legitimate
• § 5103 — Acknowledgment and claim of paternity
• § 5104 — Blood tests to determine paternity
• § 5105 — Fingerprinting of children
• § 5106 — a(b))
• § 5201 — Scope of chapter
• § 5202 — Definitions
• § 5203 — Cooperation and communication among courts
• § 5204 — Actions for abduction prevention measures
• § 5205 — Jurisdiction
• § 5206 — Contents of petition
• § 5207 — Factors to determine risk of abduction
• § 5208 — Provisions and measures to prevent abduction
• § 5209 — Warrant to take physical custody of child
• § 5210 — Duration of abduction prevention order
• § 5211 — Uniformity of application and construction
• § 5212 — Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
• § 5321 — Scope of chapter
• § 5322 — Definitions
• § 5323 — Award of custody
• § 5324 — Standing for any form of physical custody or legal custody
• § 5325 — Standing for partial physical custody and supervised physical custody
• § 5326 — Effect of adoption
• § 5327 — Presumption in cases concerning primary physical custody
• § 5328 — Factors to consider when awarding custody
• § 5329 — Consideration of criminal conviction
• § 5329.1 — Consideration of child abuse and involvement with protective services
• § 5330 — Consideration of criminal charge
• § 5331 — Parenting plan
• § 5332 — Informational programs
• § 5333 — Counseling as part of order
• § 5334 — Guardian ad litem for child
• § 5335 — Counsel for child
• § 5336 — Access to records and information
• § 5337 — Relocation
• § 5338 — Modification of existing order
• § 5339 — Award of counsel fees, costs and expenses
• § 5340 — Court-appointed child custody health care or behavioral health practitioners
• § 5401 — Short title of chapter
• § 5402 — Definitions
• § 5403 — Proceedings governed by other law
• § 5404 — Application to Native American tribes
• § 5405 — International application of chapter
• § 5406 — Effect of child custody determination
• § 5407 — Priority
• § 5408 — Notice to persons outside Commonwealth
• § 5409 — Appearance and limited immunity
• § 5410 — Communication between courts
• § 5411 — Taking testimony in another state
• § 5412 — Cooperation between courts; preservation of records
• § 5421 — Initial child custody jurisdiction
• § 5422 — Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction
• § 5423 — Jurisdiction to modify determination
• § 5424 — Temporary emergency jurisdiction
• § 5425 — Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder
• § 5426 — Simultaneous proceedings
• § 5427 — Inconvenient forum
• § 5428 — Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct
• § 5429 — Information to be submitted to court
• § 5430 — Appearance of parties and child
• § 5441 — Definitions
• § 5442 — Enforcement under Hague Convention
• § 5443 — Duty to enforce
• § 5444 — Temporary visitation
• § 5445 — Registration of child custody determination
• § 5446 — Enforcement of registered determination
• § 5447 — Simultaneous proceedings
• § 5448 — Expedited enforcement of child custody determination
• § 5449 — Service of petition and order
• § 5450 — Hearing and order
• § 5451 — Warrant to take physical custody of child
• § 5452 — Costs, fees and expenses
• § 5453 — Recognition and enforcement
• § 5454 — Appeals
• § 5455 — Role of prosecutor or public official
• § 5456 — Role of law enforcement
• § 5457 — Costs and expenses
• § 5471 — Intrastate application
• § 5481 — Application and construction
• § 5482 — Severability
• § 5501 — Definitions
• § 5502 — Liability of parents
• § 5503 — Establishing liability in criminal or juvenile proceedings
• § 5504 — Establishing liability in civil proceedings
• § 5505 — Monetary limits of liability
• § 5506 — Double recovery for same injury prohibited
• § 5507 — Indemnity or contribution from child prohibited
• § 5508 — Liability of parent not having custody or control of child
• § 5509 — Other liability of parent or child unaffected
• § 552 — a (relating to records maintained on individuals),
• § 5533 — (relating to cruelty to animal)
• § 5534 — (relating to aggravated cruelty to animal)
• § 5543 — (relating to animal fighting)
• § 5544 — (relating to possession of animal fighting paraphernalia)
• § 5601 — Short title of chapter
• § 5602 — Definitions
• § 5603 — Scope
• § 5611 — Designation
• § 5612 — Petition for approval of a designation
• § 5613 — Authority of standby guardian
• § 5614 — Revocation
• § 5615 — Conflicting documents
• § 5616 — Bond
• § 5621 — Designation
• § 5622 — Petition for approval of designation
• § 5623 — Authority of temporary guardian
• § 5624 — Period of temporary guardianship
• § 5625 — Termination of temporary guardianship
• § 5701 — Definitions
• § 5702 — County responsibilities
• § 5703 — Law enforcement responsibilities
• § 5902 — (b) or (b
• § 5903 — (c) or (d) (relating to obscene and other sexual materials and performances)
• § 5916 — (relating to confidential communications to
• § 5943 — (relating to confidential communications to clergymen)
• § 6 — Department of Public Welfare reports
• § 6101 — Short title of chapter
• § 6102 — Definitions