PRINTER'S NO. 2668
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1587
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY T. DAVIS, TOOHIL, ROZZI, WARREN, HILL-EVANS,
McNEILL, DONATUCCI, KINSEY, OTTEN, MILLARD, MURT, PICKETT,
CALTAGIRONE, NEILSON, READSHAW, DeLUCA, McCLINTON, MARKOSEK,
GILLEN, HEFFLEY, FRANKEL, SHUSTERMAN, ZABEL, KORTZ, VITALI,
YOUNGBLOOD, DRISCOLL, JOHNSON-HARRELL, BRIGGS, SANCHEZ,
THOMAS, BERNSTINE, HENNESSEY, KOSIEROWSKI, ULLMAN, ISAACSON,
HOWARD AND GALLOWAY, OCTOBER 15, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 15, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and
Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in child custody, further providing for
definitions, for award of custody, for factors to consider
when awarding custody, for consideration of criminal
conviction, for guardian ad litem for child, for counsel for
child and for award of counsel fees, costs and expenses; in
Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, providing for
child abuse and domestic violence education and training
program for judges and court personnel; and, in depositions
and witnesses, further providing for rights and services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) The Commonwealth has a duty to protect all children
in this Commonwealth and all three branches of the State
government play important roles in fulfilling that duty.
(2) Domestic violence is a pattern of coercive and
controlling tactics by one partner against another in an
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