PRINTER'S NO. 2243
No. 1725 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY GRUCELA, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, COY, DALEY, DALLY,
FABRIZIO, HARHAI, HORSEY, LEACH, SAYLOR, SCRIMENTI, SOLOBAY,
STABACK, SURRA, THOMAS, WASHINGTON, WATERS AND YOUNGBLOOD,
JUNE 26, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 26, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, authorizing petitions for accounting
3 in certain support actions.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4352 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 4352. Continuing jurisdiction over support orders.
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10 (b.1) Petition for accounting.--Upon petition of the obligor
11 and after hearing and a showing of good cause, the court may
12 order an obligee to account for the manner in which child
13 support payments have been spent. A petition for an accounting
14 must state with specificity the reasons why the obligor believes
15 that the child support is not being spent for the benefit of the
16 child. If, after hearing, the court dismisses the petition for
17 an accounting, the court may order the obligor to pay costs and
1 the reasonable attorney fees of the obligee.
2 * * *
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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