Bill Information - History

An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in adoption, further providing for definitions, for hearing, for alternative procedure for relinquishment, for grounds for involuntary termination and for petition for involuntary termination; providing for notice if identity or whereabouts of parent or putative father unknown; further providing for report of intention to adopt, for report of intermediary and for consents necessary to adoption; and repealing provisions relating to consents not naming adopting parents.