PRINTER'S NO. 856
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
721
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, KINSEY, SCHLOSSBERG, LONGIETTI,
ROZZI, DONATUCCI, MILLARD, McNEILL, MOUL, WATSON, CARROLL,
DeLUCA, READSHAW, D. COSTA AND COHEN, MARCH 6, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 6, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in support matters generally, further
providing for liability for support; and, in child custody,
further providing for consideration of criminal conviction.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4321 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 4321. Liability for support.
Subject to the provisions of this chapter:
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(2.1) The following apply:
(i) Paragraph (2) applies whether or not parental
rights of the parent have been terminated due to a
conviction of the parent where a child was conceived as a
result of any of the following offenses:
18 Pa.C.S. § 3121 (relating to rape);
18 Pa.C.S. § 3122.1 (relating to statutory sexual
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