PRINTER'S NO. 719
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
693
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY GILLESPIE, MURT, ROTHMAN, KEEFER, BERNSTINE,
ZIMMERMAN, MILLARD, STEPHENS, JAMES, STRUZZI, IRVIN, BROWN,
SIMMONS, McCLINTON, HEFFLEY, HELM, NEILSON AND MENTZER,
MARCH 5, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 5, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing
for standing for any form of physical custody or legal
custody.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5324(3) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 5324. Standing for any form of physical custody or legal
custody.
The following individuals may file an action under this
chapter for any form of physical custody or legal custody:
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(3) A grandparent of the child who is not in loco
parentis to the child:
(i) whose relationship with the child began either
with the consent of a parent of the child or under a
court order;
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