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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 205
PRINTER'S NO. 877
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
235
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY TOOHIL, CALTAGIRONE, MURT, QUINN, IRVIN,
BERNSTINE, McNEILL, PICKETT, NEILSON, MILLARD, STRUZZI,
JONES, ZIMMERMAN, SCHWEYER, GILLEN, KORTZ AND DUSH,
JANUARY 28, 2019
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MARCH 12, 2019
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 AND THE SUBSECTION
IS AMENDED BY ADDING A PARAGRAPH to read:
ยง 2711. Consents necessary to adoption.
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(d) Contents of consent.--
* * *
(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
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facility employee . DESIGNATED BY THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
ANY CONSENT WITNESSED BY A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY EMPLOYEE
SHALL LIST THE ADDRESS OF THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY ON THE
CONSENT.
(3) IN LIEU OF TWO WITNESSES A CONSENT MAY BE
ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE A NOTARY PUBLIC.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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