PRINTER'S NO. 2667
No. 1953 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY REICHLEY, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BALDWIN, BOYD,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, DeLUCA, DeWEESE,
GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HICKERNELL, KILLION,
KOTIK, LEACH, MANN, NAILOR, O'NEILL, SIPTROTH, STABACK,
E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, WHEATLEY AND YOUNGBLOOD,
SEPTEMBER 21, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 notice and hearing.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6336.1 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6336.1. Notice and hearing.
9 (a) General rule.--The court shall direct the county agency
10 or juvenile probation department to provide the child's foster
11 parent, preadoptive parent or relative providing care for the
12 child with timely notice of the hearing. The court shall provide
13 the child's foster parent, preadoptive parent or relative
14 providing care for the child the opportunity to be heard at any
15 hearing under this chapter. Unless a [foster parent,]
16 preadoptive parent or relative providing care for a child has
1 been awarded legal custody pursuant to section 6357 (relating to
2 rights and duties of legal custodian), nothing in this section
3 shall give the [foster parent,] preadoptive parent or relative
4 providing care for the child legal standing in the matter being
5 heard by the court.
6 (b) Foster parent standing.--A person who is appointed a
7 foster parent under this chapter shall have standing to fully
8 participate in person or by counsel in any proceedings under
9 this chapter that will affect that person's status as a foster
10 parent.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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