PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 423, 3122
PRINTER'S NO. 3194
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
437
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY KAIL, KAUFFMAN, KORTZ, PICKETT, RYAN, ROTHMAN,
T. DAVIS, JAMES, McNEILL, D. MILLER, MURT, LONGIETTI,
BERNSTINE, READSHAW, MEHAFFIE, GABLER, IRVIN, RADER, DeLUCA,
SIMMONS, GILLEN, STEPHENS, POLINCHOCK, ROWE, SCHEMEL,
HARKINS, SAYLOR, MULLINS, BENNINGHOFF, DELOZIER, JOZWIAK AND
TOOHIL, FEBRUARY 11, 2019
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JANUARY 21, 2020
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:
§ 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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