PRINTER'S NO. 4636
No. 2977 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY CREIGHTON, BENNINGHOFF, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CLYMER,
CRAHALLA, DENLINGER, EGOLF, FLICK, GODSHALL, GOOD, GOODMAN,
HERSHEY, McILHATTAN, METCALFE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, SCAVELLO,
SOLOBAY, STERN, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD AND
FABRIZIO, NOVEMBER 9, 2004
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, NOVEMBER 9, 2004
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for continuing
3 jurisdiction over support orders.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4352 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 4352. Continuing jurisdiction over support orders.
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10 (b.1) Petition for accounting.--Upon petition of the obligor
11 and after a hearing and a showing of good cause, the court may
12 order an obligee to account for the manner in which child
13 support payments are spent. A petition for an accounting must
14 state with specificity the reasons why the obligor believes that
15 the child support is not being spent for the benefit of the
16 children. If, after the hearing, the court dismisses the
17 petition for an accounting, the court may order the obligor to
1 pay costs and the reasonable attorney fees of the obligee.
2 * * *
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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