AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL :
(i) assumes or is willing to assume responsibility
for the child; and
(ii) has a sustained, substantial and sincere
interest in the welfare of the child, which may be
demonstrated by factors involving the nature, quality,
extent and length of involvement by the individual in the
child's life, including, but not limited to:
(A) The THE financial support or assistance paid
by the individual for the benefit of the child . ; AND
(B) Whether WHETHER the individual has
previously stood in loco parentis to the child.
(B) EXCEPTIONS.--SUBSECTION (A)(4) DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY OF
THE FOLLOWING:
(1) INTERVENTION IN A DEPENDENCY PROCEEDING.
(2) AN ACTION BY A PARTY WHO HAS PARTICIPATED IN A
DEPENDENCY PROCEEDING RELATING TO THE CHILD.
(3) A CHALLENGE TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE CHILD IN:
(I) FOSTER CARE; OR
(II) KINSHIP CARE.
(4) A CHALLENGE TO AN ORDER OF PERMANENT LEGAL CUSTODY
UNDER 42 PA.C.S. § 6351(F.1)(3) OR (4) (RELATING TO
DISPOSITION OF DEPENDENT CHILD).
SECTION 1.1. SECTION 5325(2) OF TITLE 23 IS AMENDED TO READ:
§ 5325. STANDING FOR PARTIAL PHYSICAL CUSTODY AND SUPERVISED
PHYSICAL CUSTODY.
IN ADDITION TO SITUATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5324 (RELATING
TO STANDING FOR ANY FORM OF PHYSICAL CUSTODY OR LEGAL CUSTODY),
GRANDPARENTS AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS MAY FILE AN ACTION UNDER
THIS CHAPTER FOR PARTIAL PHYSICAL CUSTODY OR SUPERVISED PHYSICAL
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