PRINTER'S NO. 1972
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1509
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BRIGGS, FREEMAN, PASHINSKI, CALTAGIRONE, DAVIS,
V. BROWN, COX, KINSEY, D. COSTA, DeLUCA, ROEBUCK, THOMAS AND
WARREN, JUNE 12, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, JUNE 12, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in standby guardianship, further
providing for definitions and for petition for approval of a
designation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "standby guardian" in section
5602 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
amended to read:
§ 5602. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Standby guardian." A person named by a designator to assume
the duties of coguardian or guardian of a minor and whose
authority becomes effective upon the incapacity, debilitation
and consent, long-term absence of, or death of the minor's
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