PRINTER'S NO. 2253
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1682
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SCHLOSSBERG, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA,
DeLUCA, FREEMAN, KINSEY, MADDEN, O'BRIEN, PASHINSKI, ROZZI,
SCHWEYER, SOLOMON AND THOMAS, JULY 24, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 24, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in proceedings prior to petition to
adopt, further providing for petition for involuntary
termination.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2512(b) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 2512. Petition for involuntary termination.
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(b) Contents.--The following shall apply:
(1) The petition shall set forth specifically those
grounds and facts alleged as the basis for terminating
parental rights. The petition filed under this section shall
also contain an averment that the petitioner will assume
custody of the child until such time as the child is adopted.
[If the petitioner is an agency it]
(2) It shall not be required to aver that an adoption is
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presently contemplated nor that a person with a present
intention to adopt exists[.] if any of the following apply:
(i) The petitioner is an agency.
(ii) The child was conceived as a result of rape or
incest.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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