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PRINTER'S NO. 1048
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
776
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, MENSCH, DiSANTO, FOLMER, PHILLIPS-HILL,
STEFANO, K. WARD, COSTA, BLAKE, BREWSTER, FONTANA AND
YUDICHAK, JUNE 21, 2019
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 21, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing
for effect of adoption.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5326 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 5326. Effect of adoption.
Any rights to seek physical custody or legal custody rights
and any custody rights that have been granted under section 5324
(relating to standing for any form of physical custody or legal
custody) [or 5325 (relating to standing for partial physical
custody and supervised physical custody) to a grandparent or
great-grandparent] to an individual prior to the adoption of the
child [by an individual other than a stepparent, grandparent or
great-grandparent] shall be automatically terminated upon such
adoption.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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