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PRINTER'S NO. 605
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
502
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY McGARRIGLE, KILLION, BARTOLOTTA, COSTA, HUGHES,
MENSCH, RAFFERTY, RESCHENTHALER AND VULAKOVICH,
MARCH 28, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 28, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in protection from abuse, further
providing for relief.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6108(e)(1) of Title 23 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 6108. Relief.
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(e) Extension of protection orders.--
(1) An extension of a protection order may be granted:
(i) Where the court finds, after a duly filed
petition, notice to the defendant and a hearing, in
accordance with the procedures set forth in sections 6106
and 6107, that the defendant committed one or more acts
of abuse subsequent to the entry of the final order or
that the defendant engaged in a pattern or practice that
indicates continued risk of harm to the plaintiff or
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minor child.
(ii) When a contempt petition or charge has been
filed with the court or with a hearing officer in
Philadelphia County, but the hearing has not occurred
before the expiration of the protection order, the order
shall be extended, at a minimum, until the disposition of
the contempt petition and may be extended for another
term beyond the disposition of the contempt petition.
(iii) When the defendant is or was incarcerated and
will be released from custody in the next 90 days or has
been released from custody within the past 90 days. The
plaintiff shall not be required to show that the
defendant engaged in a new act that indicates a continued
risk of harm to the plaintiff.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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