PRINTER'S NO. 423
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
437
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY NESBIT, KAUFFMAN, KORTZ, PICKETT, RYAN, ROTHMAN,
T. DAVIS, JAMES, McNEILL, D. MILLER, MURT, LONGIETTI,
BERNSTINE, READSHAW, MEHAFFIE, GABLER, IRVIN, RADER, DeLUCA,
SIMMONS AND GILLEN, FEBRUARY 11, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing
for award of custody.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5323(g)(1) of Title 23 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a
subparagraph to read:
ยง 5323. Award of custody.
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(g) Contempt for noncompliance with any custody order.--
(1) A party who willfully fails to comply with any
custody order may, as prescribed by general rule, be adjudged
in contempt. Contempt shall be punishable by any one or more
of the following:
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(vi) A temporary modification of the physical
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custody schedule so that the child receives compensatory
parenting time to make up for lost time that the child
would otherwise have spent with the party who brought the
contempt action.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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