PRINTER'S NO. 356
No. 315 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY LEACH, RUBLEY, BOYD, EVERETT, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HESS, JOSEPHS, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MUNDY, PARKER, ROSS, SAYLOR, WALKO AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 7, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 7, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for duration of child 3 support payments. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 8 § 4328. Duration of child support payments. 9 (a) General rule.--Unless expressly provided in an order of 10 support, provisions in the order for the support of a child 11 shall terminate by emancipation or attainment of majority of the 12 child but not by the death of a parent obligated to support the 13 child. 14 (b) Death of obligee parent.--When a parent obligated to pay 15 support dies, the amount of support may be modified, revoked or 16 commuted to a lump sum payment, to the extent just and 17 appropriate in the circumstances. 18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A4L23DMS/20070H0315B0356