PRINTER'S NO. 417
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
380
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TOOHIL, PICKETT, COHEN, REGAN, KINSEY, MILLARD,
D. COSTA, CUTLER, STEPHENS, MACKENZIE, DAVIS, FREEMAN,
GERGELY, SCHLOSSBERG, VITALI, MARSHALL, GRELL, MULLERY,
A. HARRIS, M. DALEY, DeLUCA, NESBIT, KORTZ, DEAN, KAMPF,
WATSON, BRIGGS, KNOWLES, SIMS, DAWKINS, ENGLISH, TAYLOR AND
McCARTER, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in dissolution of marital status,
further providing for grounds for divorce.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3301(d) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 3301. Grounds for divorce.
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(d) Irretrievable breakdown.--
(1) The court may grant a divorce where a complaint has
been filed alleging that the marriage is irretrievably broken
and an affidavit has been filed alleging that the parties
have lived separate and apart for a period of at least [two
years] one year and that the marriage is irretrievably broken
and the defendant either:
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