SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2318
PRINTER'S NO. 2544
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1603
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WATSON, TOOHIL, PETRI, COHEN, EVERETT, HARHART,
PHILLIPS-HILL, KAVULICH, MURT, O'NEILL, ROZZI, SAYLOR,
YOUNGBLOOD, JAMES, BULLOCK, ACOSTA, BISHOP, KORTZ AND BARBIN,
OCTOBER 7, 2015
SENATOR BROOKS, AGING AND YOUTH, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
NOVEMBER 17, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in uniform interstate family support,
making extensive revisions to general provisions,
jurisdiction, civil provisions of general application,
establishment of support order, direct enforcement of order
of another state without registration, enforcement and
modification of support order after registration,
determination of parentage, interstate rendition and
miscellaneous provisions; and providing for support
proceeding under convention.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7101 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 7101. Short title of part [and definitions].
[(a) Short title of part.--]This part shall be known and may
be cited as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
[(b) Definitions.--Subject to additional definitions
contained in subsequent provisions of this part which are
applicable to specific provisions of this part, the following
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