PRINTER'S NO.  1642

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

1195

Session of

2010

  

  

INTRODUCED BY LEACH, HUGHES, WARD, STOUT, ERICKSON, O'PAKE, WAUGH, WASHINGTON, TARTAGLIONE, WILLIAMS AND MUSTO, FEBRUARY 1, 2010

  

  

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes, further providing for relatives'

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liability and procedure.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 4603(a)(2) of Title 23 of the

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Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a

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subparagraph to read:

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§ 4603.  Relatives' liability; procedure.

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(a)  Liability.--

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(2)  Paragraph (1) does not apply in any of the following

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cases:

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(iii)  A child shall not be liable for the support of

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a parent if the child has taken no overt action either to

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voluntarily accept responsibility or to reasonably lead a

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provider to believe that the child has voluntarily

 


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accepted responsibility for the costs of care of the

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parent.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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