PRINTER'S NO.  1381

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

1161

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, WASHINGTON, RAFFERTY, FONTANA AND BREWSTER, JUNE 20, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 20, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting fraud on marriage license

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application.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

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§ 1311.  Fraud on marriage license application.

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Any applicant who commits fraud on a marriage license

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application shall relinquish any right to alimony, spousal

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support or property rights in the event of annulment or divorce

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based upon the discovery of fraud.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.