PRINTER'S NO. 594
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
587
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DELOZIER, JOZWIAK, PICKETT, HILL-EVANS, KULIK,
MILLARD, MURT, SIMMONS AND IRVIN, FEBRUARY 28, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in alimony and support, further
providing for alimony pendente lite, counsel fees and
expenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3702(a) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, amended October 24, 2018 (P.L.680,
No.102), is amended to read:
ยง 3702. Alimony pendente lite, counsel fees and expenses.
(a) General rule.--[In proper cases, upon petition, the] The
court may allow a spouse reasonable alimony pendente lite[,] or
spousal support [and reasonable counsel fees and expenses.] upon
determining that the income and resources of the petitioning
spouse are insufficient to provide for that spouse's basic
needs, including the costs of prosecuting or defending the
divorce action. Reasonable counsel fees and expenses may be
allowed pendente lite, and the court shall also have authority
to award exclusive use of the family home or any other dwelling
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