HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1925
PRINTER'S NO. 2061
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1311
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY VANCE, KITCHEN, YUDICHAK, RAFFERTY, MENSCH,
BROWNE, HUGHES, COSTA, RESCHENTHALER, VULAKOVICH, SCHWANK,
HAYWOOD, WARD AND BAKER, JUNE 14, 2016
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and
Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in adoption, further providing for grounds for
involuntary termination; in child protective services,
further providing for definitions and for release of
information in confidential reports; and, in juvenile
matters, further providing for definitions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2511(a) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding paragraphs to read:
§ 2511. Grounds for involuntary termination.
(a) General rule.--The rights of a parent in regard to a
child may be terminated after a petition filed on any of the
following grounds:
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(10) The parent has been found by a court of competent
jurisdiction to have committed sexual abuse against the child
or another child of the parent BASED ON A JUDICIAL
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