SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2114 PRINTER'S NO. 3558
No. 1710 Session of 1971
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. MELTON AND BARBER, NOVEMBER 11, 1971
SENATOR HILL, JUDICIARY, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
NOVEMBER 13, 1972
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 24, 1970 (P.L.620), entitled "An act
2 providing for the adoption of minors and adults and for the
3 termination of certain parent-child relationships; providing
4 for jurisdiction of courts; providing for recording of
5 foreign decrees of adoption; and containing provisions for
6 procedures, decrees and records in all matters relating
7 thereto," reducing certain age AND RESIDENCE requirements. <--
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 413, act of July 24, 1970 (P.L.620),
11 known as the "Adoption Act," is amended to read:
12 Section 413. When Consent Not Required; In General.--The
13 court, in its discretion, may dispense with consents other than
14 that of the adoptee to a petition for adoption when:
15 (1) The adoptee is over eighteen years of age [and has lived <--
16 with one or both of the adopting parents for at least three
17 continuous years]; or <--
18 [(2) The adoptee is twenty-one years of age or older; or
19 (3)] (2) The adoptee is under eighteen years of age and has
20 no parent living whose consent is required.
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