PRINTER'S NO. 56
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
61
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY LEWIS, DEAN, IRVIN, D. MILLER, PICKETT, WATSON,
A. HARRIS, HELM, GILLEN, ZIMMERMAN, WARD, JAMES, PHILLIPS-
HILL, GODSHALL, B. MILLER, PETRI, GABLER AND TOOHIL,
JANUARY 23, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, JANUARY 23, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in petition for adoption, further
providing for consents necessary to adoption.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2711(d)(2) of Title 23 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 2711. Consents necessary to adoption.
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(d) Contents of consent.--
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(2) The consent shall include the date and place of its
execution and names and addresses and signatures of at least
two persons who witnessed its execution and their
relationship to the consenter. The consent of an incarcerated
parent of an adoptee may be witnessed by a correctional
facility employee.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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