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.

• § 6103 — Jurisdiction
• § 6104 — Full faith and credit and foreign protection orders
• § 6105 — Responsibilities of law enforcement agencies
• § 6106 — (relating to firearms
• § 6107 — Hearings
• § 6108 — Relief
• § 6108.1 — Return of relinquished firearms, other weapons and ammunition and additional relief
• § 6108.2 — Relinquishment for consignment sale, lawful transfer or safekeeping
• § 6108.3 — Relinquishment to third party for safekeeping
• § 6108.4 — Registry or database of firearm ownership
• § 6108.5 — Penalties for release of information
• § 6108.6 — Penalty for failure to secure firearms
• § 6108.7 — Order to seal record from public view
• § 6109 — ); and the name and telephone number of an employer contact
• § 6110 — Emergency relief by minor judiciary
• § 6111 — Domestic violence counselor/advocate
• § 6111.2 — (relating to effect
• § 6112 — Disclosure of addresses
• § 6113 — Arrest for violation of order
• § 6113.1 — Private criminal complaints for violation of order or agreement
• § 6114 — Contempt for violation of order or agreement
• § 6114.1 — Civil contempt or modification for violation of an order or agreement
• § 6115 — Reporting abuse and immunity
• § 6116 — Confidentiality
• § 6117 — Procedure and other remedies
• § 6118 — Full faith and credit (Repealed)
• § 6119 — Immunity
• § 6120 — Inability to pay
• § 6121 — Warrantless searches
• § 6122 — Construction
• § 6128 — (b) Modification of court's order providing for return of relinquished firearm, other
• § 6142 — (f) (relating to locking
• § 6301 — Short title of chapter
• § 6302 — (relating to
• § 6303 — Definitions
• § 6304 — (relating
• § 6305 — Electronic reporting
• § 6306 — Regulations
• § 6307 — (a)(4
• § 6311 — Persons required to report suspected child abuse
• § 6311.1 — Privileged communications
• § 6312 — (relating to sexual
• § 6313 — Reporting procedure
• § 6314 — Photographs, medical tests and X-rays of child subject to report
• § 6315 — Taking child into protective custody
• § 6316 — Admission to private and public hospitals
• § 6317 — Mandatory reporting and postmortem investigation of deaths
• § 6318 — Immunity from liability
• § 6319 — Penalties
• § 6320 — Protection from employment discrimination
• § 6324 — (relating to taking into custody)
• § 6331 — Establishment of Statewide database
• § 6332 — Establishment of Statewide toll-free telephone number
• § 6333 — Continuous availability of department
• § 6334 — Disposition of complaints received
• § 6334.1 — Responsibility for investigation
• § 6335 — Access to information in Statewide database
• § 6336 — Information in Statewide database
• § 6337 — Disposition and expunction of unfounded reports and general protective services reports
• § 6338 — Disposition of founded and indicated reports
• § 6338.1 — Expunction of information of perpetrator who was under 18 years of age when child
• § 6339 — Confidentiality of reports
• § 6340 — Release of information in confidential reports
• § 6340.1 — Exchange of information
• § 6341 — Amendment or expunction of information
• § 6342 — (relating to court-appointed special advocates)
• § 6343 — Investigating performance of county agency
• § 6343.1 — Citizen review panels
• § 6344 — Employees having contact with children; adoptive and foster parents
• § 6344.1 — Information relating to certified or licensed child-care home residents
• § 6344.2 — Volunteers having contact with children
• § 6344.3 — Continued employment or participation in program, activity or service
• § 6344.4 — Recertification
• § 6345 — Audits by Attorney General
• § 6346 — Cooperation of other agencies
• § 6347 — Reports to Governor and General Assembly
• § 6348 — Regulations
• § 6349 — Penalties
• § 6351 — (a)(2
• § 6354 — - 6358) was added December 16, 1994, P
• § 6361 — Organization for child protective services
• § 6362 — Responsibilities of county agency for child protective services
• § 6363 — County plan for protective services
• § 6364 — Purchasing services of other agencies
• § 6365 — Services for prevention, investigation and treatment of child abuse
• § 6366 — Continuous availability to receive reports
• § 6367 — Reports to department and coroner
• § 6368 — Investigation of reports
• § 6369 — Taking child into protective custody (Repealed)
• § 6370 — Voluntary or court-ordered services; findings of child abuse
• § 6371 — Rehabilitative services for child and family
• § 6372 — Protecting well-being of children maintained outside home
• § 6373 — General protective services responsibilities of county agency
• § 6374 — Principles and goals of general protective services
• § 6375 — County agency requirements for general protective services
• § 6376 — Appeals with respect to general protective services
• § 6377 — Caseloads
• § 6378 — Purchase of services
• § 6381 — Evidence in court proceedings
• § 6382 — Guardian ad litem for child in court proceedings (Repealed)
• § 6383 — Education and training
• § 6384 — Legislative oversight
• § 6385 — Reimbursement to county agencies
• § 6386 — Notification to department and development of plan of safe care for children under
• § 6387 — Pandemic of 2020
• § 6388 — Task Force on Child Pornography
• § 6501 — Short title of chapter
• § 6502 — Definitions
• § 6503 — Nonliability
• § 6504 — Health care providers accepting newborns
• § 6504.1 — Police officers accepting newborns
• § 6504.2 — Emergency services providers accepting newborns
• § 6504.3 — Incubators for newborns
• § 6504.4 — Health care providers at urgent care centers accepting newborns
• § 6505 — Reporting acceptance of newborns
• § 6506 — Failure to report acceptance of newborns
• § 6507 — Immunity
• § 6508 — Duty of hospitals and urgent care centers
• § 6509 — Duties of department
• § 653 — (b))
• § 657 — ) as in effect on August 21, 1996
• § 666 — (a)(3)) when, in the judgment of the department, it is cost effective
• § 670 — et seq
• § 6701 — Short title of chapter
• § 6702 — Definitions
• § 6703 — Address Confidentiality Program
• § 6704 — Persons eligible to apply
• § 6705 — Application and certification process
• § 6706 — Cancellation, expiration and voluntary withdrawal
• § 6707 — Agency use of designated address
• § 6708 — Disclosure of actual address
• § 6709 — Waiver process
• § 6710 — Emergency disclosure
• § 6711 — Penalties
• § 6712 — Rules and regulations
• § 6713 — Civil immunity
• § 672 — (c)(2)(A) (relating to foster
• § 675 — )
• § 7 — Applicability
• § 7002 — ), this chapter may supersede
• § 702 — (b) (relating to change by order
• § 7101 — Short title of part
• § 7101.1 — Definitions
• § 7102 — )
• § 7103 — State tribunal and support enforcement agency
• § 7104 — Cumulative remedies
• § 7105 — Application of part to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding
• § 7201 — Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident
• § 7202 — Procedure when exercising jurisdiction over nonresident (Repealed)
• § 7202.1 — Duration of personal jurisdiction
• § 7203 — Initiating and responding tribunal of this State
• § 7204 — Simultaneous proceedings
• § 7205 — Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support orders
• § 7206 — Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support orders
• § 7207 — Determination of controlling child support order
• § 7208 — Multiple child support orders for two or more obligees
• § 7209 — Credit for payments
• § 7210 — Application of part to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction
• § 7211 — Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order
• § 7301 — Proceedings under this part
• § 7302 — Action by minor parent
• § 7303 — Application of law of this State
• § 7304 — Duties of initiating tribunal
• § 7305 — Duties and powers of responding tribunal
• § 7306 — Inappropriate tribunal
• § 7307 — Duties of support enforcement agency
• § 7308 — Supervisory duty
• § 7309 — Private counsel
• § 7310 — Duties of department
• § 7311 — Pleadings and accompanying documents
• § 7312 — Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances
• § 7313 — Costs and fees
• § 7314 — Limited immunity of petitioner
• § 7315 — Nonparentage as defense
• § 7316 — Special rules of evidence and procedure
• § 7317 — Communications between tribunals
• § 7318 — Assistance with discovery
• § 7319 — Receipt and disbursement of payments
• § 7401 — Establishment of support order
• § 7402 — Proceeding to determine parentage
• § 7501 — Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state
• § 7501.1 — Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state
• § 7501.2 — Compliance with multiple income-withholding orders
• § 7501.3 — Immunity from civil liability
• § 7501.4 — Penalties for noncompliance
• § 7501.5 — Contest by obligor
• § 7502 — Administrative enforcement of orders
• § 7508.2 — (relating to operation of methamphetamine laboratory) is occurring, provided that
• § 7601 — Registration of order for enforcement
• § 7602 — Procedure to register order for enforcement
• § 7603 — Effect of registration for enforcement
• § 7604 — Choice of law
• § 7605 — Notice of registration of order
• § 7606 — Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order
• § 7607 — Contest of registration or enforcement
• § 7608 — Confirmed order
• § 7609 — Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification
• § 7610 — Effect of registration for modification
• § 7611 — Modification of child support order of another state
• § 7612 — Recognition of order modified in another state