PRINTER'S NO. 514
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
520
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ORTITAY, BERNSTINE, T. DAVIS, DeLUCA, KULIK,
MILLARD, SCHWEYER AND SNYDER, FEBRUARY 19, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 19, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in alimony and support, further
providing for alimony.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3701(a) and (b)(14) of Title 23 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the section
is amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 3701. Alimony.
(a) General rule.--[Where] Subject to subsection (a.1),
where a divorce decree has been entered, the court may allow
alimony, as it deems reasonable, to either party only if it
finds that alimony is necessary.
(a.1) Conviction.--Except where the court finds that an
order awarding alimony is necessary to prevent manifest
injustice, a party who has been convicted of committing a
personal injury crime against the other party shall not be
awarded alimony. Any amount of alimony paid by the injured party
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