PRINTER'S NO. 2789
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1984
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, BERNSTINE, BOBACK, BROOKS, BROWN,
DeLUCA, DIAMOND, EVERETT, FRITZ, GABLER, GILLEN, GLEIM,
HERSHEY, KAUFFMAN, KEEFER, KINSEY, LAWRENCE, MARKOSEK,
McNEILL, MIHALEK, MILLARD, MOUL, PICKETT, READSHAW, ROTHMAN,
RYAN, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER, TOEPEL, TOOHIL, YOUNGBLOOD,
GILLESPIE AND COX, OCTOBER 25, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 25, 2019
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 and providing for special provisions when child
conceived as a result of rape or incest.
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:
§ 2512. Petition for involuntary termination.
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(b) Contents.--The following apply:
(1) The petition shall set forth specifically those
grounds and facts alleged as the basis for terminating
parental rights. [The]
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the petition
filed under this section shall also contain an averment that
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