Pennsylvania Code — 23
Browse 562 sections in division 23 of the Pennsylvania code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 101. Short title of title.
- § 102. Definitions.
- § 1101. Short title of part.
- § 1102. Definitions.
- § 1103. Common-law marriage.
- § 1104. Forms.
- § 1105. Fees.
- § 1106. Records and statistics.
- § 1301. Marriage license required.
- § 1302. Application for license.
- § 1303. Waiting period after application.
- § 1304. Restrictions on issuance of license.
- § 1305. Examination and tests for syphilis (Repealed).
- § 1306. Oral examination.
- § 1307. Issuance of license.
- § 1308. Judicial review of refusal to issue license.
- § 1309. Filing applications and consent certificates.
- § 1310. Duration and form of license.
- § 1501. Form of marriage certificates.
- § 1502. Forms where parties perform ceremony.
- § 1503. Persons qualified to solemnize marriages.
- § 1504. Returns of marriages.
- § 1701. Decree that spouse of applicant is presumed decedent.
- § 1702. Marriage during existence of former marriage.
- § 1703. Marriage within degree of consanguinity.
- § 1704. Marriage between persons of the same sex.
- § 1901. Actions for alienation of affections abolished.
- § 1902. Actions for breach of promise to marry abolished.
- § 1903. Purpose of chapter.
- § 1904. Filing or threatening to file actions prohibited.
- § 1905. Instruments executed in satisfaction of abolished claims prohibited.
- § 2101. Short title of part.
- § 2102. Definitions.
- § 2301. Court.
- § 2302. Venue.
- § 2311. Who may be adopted.
- § 2312. Who may adopt.
- § 2313. Representation.
- § 2501. Relinquishment to agency.
- § 2502. Relinquishment to adult intending to adopt child.
- § 2503. Hearing.
- § 2504. Alternative procedure for relinquishment.
- § 2504.1. Confidentiality.
- § 2505. Counseling.
- § 2511. Grounds for involuntary termination.
- § 2512. Petition for involuntary termination.
- § 2513. Hearing.
- § 2514. Special provisions when child conceived as a result of rape or incest.
- § 2521. Effect of decree of termination.
- § 2530. Home study and preplacement report.
- § 2531. Report of intention to adopt.
- § 2532. Filing of report.
- § 2533. Report of intermediary.
- § 2534. Exhibits.
- § 2535. Investigation.
- § 2551. Definitions.
- § 2552. Pennsylvania Adoption Cooperative Exchange.
- § 2553. Registration of children.
- § 2554. Responsibilities of PACE.
- § 2555. Responsibilities of public and private agencies.
- § 2556. Related activities of agencies unaffected.
- § 2557. Regulations and staff.
- § 2558. Retroactive application of subchapter.
- § 2701. Contents of petition for adoption.
- § 2702. Exhibits.
- § 2711. Consents necessary to adoption.
- § 2712. Consents not naming adopting parents.
- § 2713. When other consents not required.
- § 2714. When consent of parent not required.
- § 2721. Notice of hearing.
- § 2722. Place of hearing.
- § 2723. Attendance at hearing.
- § 2724. Testimony and investigation.
- § 2725. Religious belief.
- § 2731. Purpose of subchapter.
- § 2732. Definitions.
- § 2733. Parties to agreement.
- § 2734. Consent of a child.
- § 2735. Filing and approval of an agreement.
- § 2736. Failure to comply.
- § 2737. Modification of agreement.
- § 2738. Enforcement of agreement.
- § 2739. Discontinuance of agreement.
- § 2740. Procedures for facilitating and resolving agreements involving a county child welfare agency.
- § 2741. Counsel.
- § 2742. Costs.
- § 2901. Time of entry of decree of adoption.
- § 2902. Requirements and form of decree of adoption.
- § 2903. Retention of parental status.
- § 2904. Name of adoptee.
- § 2905. Impounding of proceedings and access to records (Repealed).
- § 2906. Docket entries.
- § 2907. Certificate of adoption.
- § 2908. Foreign decree of adoption.
- § 2909. Medical history information (Repealed).
- § 2910. Penalty for unauthorized disclosure.
- § 2911. Definitions.
- § 2912. Combined request for information.
- § 2913. Reasonable fees.
- § 2914. Immunity from liability.
- § 2915. Court and agency records.
- § 2916. Attorney records.
- § 2921. Establishment of registry.
- § 2922. Informational material.
- § 2923. Filing information with registry.
- § 2924. Who may request information from registry.
- § 2925. Providing information from registry.
- § 2926. Rules and regulations.
- § 2931. Access to information.
- § 2932. Nonidentifying information.
- § 2933. Identifying information.
- § 2934. Statement of medical and social history information.
- § 2935. Confidentiality.
- § 2936. Refusal to search.
- § 2937. Original birth record.
- § 2938. Rules and regulations.
- § 3101. Short title of part.
- § 3102. Legislative findings and intent.
- § 3103. Definitions.
- § 3104. Bases of jurisdiction.
- § 3105. Effect of agreement between parties.
- § 3106. Premarital agreements.
- § 3301. Grounds for divorce.
- § 3302. Counseling.
- § 3303. Annulment of void and voidable marriages.
- § 3304. Grounds for annulment of void marriages.
- § 3305. Grounds for annulment of voidable marriages.
- § 3306. Proceedings to determine marital status.
- § 3307. Defenses.
- § 3308. Action where defendant suffering from mental disorder.
- § 3309. General appearance and collusion.
- § 3321. Hearing by master.
- § 3322. Jury trial.
- § 3323. Decree of court.
- § 3331. Limitations on attacks upon decrees.
- § 3332. Opening or vacating decrees.
- § 3333. Res judicata and estoppel.
- § 3501. Definitions.
- § 3502. Equitable division of marital property.
- § 3503. Effect of divorce on property rights generally.
- § 3504. Disposition of property after termination of marriage.
- § 3505. Disposition of property to defeat obligations.
- § 3506. Statement of reasons for distribution.
- § 3507. Division of entireties property between divorced persons.
- § 3508. Conveyance of entireties property to divorced spouse.
- § 3701. Alimony.
- § 3702. Alimony pendente lite, counsel fees and expenses.
- § 3703. Enforcement of arrearages.
- § 3704. Payment of support, alimony and alimony pendente lite.
- § 3705. Enforcement of foreign decrees.
- § 3706. Bar to alimony.
- § 3707. Effect of death of either party.
- § 3901. Mediation programs.
- § 3902. Fees and costs.
- § 3903. Review of programs.
- § 3904. Existing programs.
- § 4101. Liability for debts contracted before marriage.
- § 4102. Proceedings in case of debts contracted for necessaries.
- § 4104. Right of married person to separate earnings.
- § 4105. Loans between married persons.
- § 4106. Construction of chapter.
- § 4301. Scope of chapter.
- § 4302. Definitions.
- § 4303. Information to consumer reporting agency.
- § 4304. Cooperation of Commonwealth agencies (Repealed).
- § 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.
- § 4601. Scope of chapter.
- § 4602. Definitions.
- § 4603. Relatives' liability; procedure.
- § 4604. Property liable for expenses.
- § 4605. Recovery of money.
- § 4606. Guardian.
- § 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.
- § 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.