PRINTER'S NO. 4262
No. 382 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY PESCI, SAURMAN, CAPPABIANCA, BATTISTO, BILLOW,
PISTELLA, ANGSTADT, RITTER, DeLUCA, TANGRETTI, TIGUE,
E. Z. TAYLOR, TRELLO, COLAIZZO AND RUDY, NOVEMBER 12, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, NOVEMBER 12, 1990
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Establishing a Special Domestic Relations Task Force to
2 investigate the injustices of domestic relations judicial
3 proceedings.
4 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure are being
5 violated in domestic relations cases on a daily basis; and
6 WHEREAS, There is extensive documentation of these
7 violations; and
8 WHEREAS, Many litigants are being denied due process as a
9 result of clandestine, out-of-court settlements; and
10 WHEREAS, Approximately 93% of all complaints brought to the
11 Judicial Inquiry and Review Board and the Disciplinary Board of
12 the Supreme Court are dismissed; and
13 WHEREAS, The injustices in domestic relations court have
14 driven litigants to financial and emotional distress; therefore
15 be it
16 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
17 establish a Special Domestic Relations Task Force to investigate
18 the injustices occurring in domestic relations court; and be it
1 further
2 RESOLVED, That the task force be comprised of seven members,
3 as follows: two members of the General Assembly, two
4 representatives from an organization acting on behalf of the
5 litigants, one retired judge with extensive family law
6 experience, one retired attorney with extensive family law
7 experience, and one official from the Department of Public
8 Welfare; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That the Lieutenant Governor appoint individuals to
10 the task force; and be it further
11 RESOLVED, That the task force submit a report of its findings
12 and recommendations to the General Assembly within 18 months;
13 and be it further
14 RESOLVED, Than an appropriation be made to the Department of
15 Public Welfare to enable the task force to conduct a thorough
16 investigation.
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