PRINTER'S NO. 2764
No. 2163 Session of 1978
INTRODUCED BY SCIRICA, BERSON, YOHN, RHODES AND GREENLEAF, MARCH 15, 1978
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 15, 1978
AN ACT 1 To provide for the civil enforcement of certain rights and 2 responsibilities of members of the family, including the 3 rights of children born out of wedlock; to provide for the 4 enforcement of support, including attachment of property and 5 earnings; to set forth the duties of the court in matters 6 pertaining to the family and the support of its members and 7 to provide procedures therefor; to provide for the 8 determining of support for the family; to determine paternity 9 of children born out of wedlock; to provide for the recovery 10 of public moneys expended for care and assistance from the 11 property and estates of certain persons; repealing and saving 12 from repeal certain acts. 13 TABLE OF CONTENTS 14 Chapter 1. General Provisions 15 Section 101. Short title. 16 Section 102. Purposes. 17 Section 103. Definitions. 18 Chapter 2. Rights and Responsibilities of Individuals 19 Section 201. Rights and duties. 20 Chapter 3. Power and Duties of the Court 21 Section 301. Civil proceedings. 22 Section 302. Contempt proceedings. 23 Section 303. Domestic relations division.
1 Section 304. Consolidation. 2 Chapter 4. Duties of the Director and the Domestic Relations 3 Division 4 Section 401. Processing support actions. 5 Section 402. Assistance to the court, other duties. 6 Chapter 5. Duties of District Attorney or Domestic Relations 7 Division Attorney 8 Section 501. Presentation of complaints. 9 Section 502. Representation of plaintiff. 10 Section 503. Assignments to domestic relations staff. 11 Chapter 6. Determination of Support 12 Section 601. General provisions. 13 Section 602. Marital status of parents. 14 Section 603. Effective date of order. 15 Section 604. Determination of support order. 16 Section 605. Defendant living with family. 17 Section 606. Order of support. 18 Section 607. Voluntary payments. 19 Chapter 7. Costs and Fees 20 Section 701. Costs and fees. 21 Section 702. Counsel fees, costs and expenses. 22 Chapter 8. Support Proceedings 23 Section 801. Who may file. 24 Section 802. Commencement of actions. 25 Section 803. Venue. 26 Chapter 9. Enforcement; Wage Attachment 27 Section 901. Authority of court. 28 Section 902. Compelling attendance. 29 Section 903. Attachment proceedings. 30 Section 904. Wage attachment. 19780H2163B2764 - 2 -
1 Section 905. Counsel fees. 2 Chapter 10. Transfer of Jurisdiction and Court Order 3 Section 1001. Jurisdiction 4 Section 1002. Notice to transfer. 5 Section 1003. Transfer of jurisdiction or order. 6 Chapter 11. Intercounty Proceedings 7 Section 1101. Intercounty proceedings. 8 Chapter 12. Confidentiality 9 Section 1201. Confidential information; powers of courts. 10 Chapter 13. Relevancy to Other Acts 11 Section 1301. Support of persons in institutions and foster 12 homes. 13 Chapter 14. Repealer 14 Section 1401. General repealer. 15 Section 1402. Saving clause. 16 Section 1403. General construction. 17 Section 1404. Effective date. 18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 19 hereby enacts as follows: 20 CHAPTER 1 21 GENERAL PROVISIONS 22 Section 101. Short title. 23 This act shall be known and may be cited as "Family Support 24 Law." 25 Section 102. Purposes. 26 For the purpose of preserving family life, promoting family 27 responsibility and the resolution of problems of disunity and 28 nonsupport in an atmosphere of good will and cooperation, the 29 courts, as soon as feasible, shall revise local procedure and 30 practices in desertion, nonsupport, and paternity actions so as 19780H2163B2764 - 3 -
1 to exclusively utilize the civil procedures, remedies, and 2 services provided in this act and the act of December 6, 1972 3 (P.L.1365, No.291), known as the "Revised Uniform Reciprocal 4 Enforcement of Support Act." 5 Section 103. Definitions. 6 The following words and phrases, when used in this act shall 7 have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the 8 meanings given to them in this section: 9 "Amount." Periodic payments as ordered by the court or as 10 agreed to by the parties other than a lump sum order. 11 "Child." Any child including child born out of wedlock, who 12 is: 13 (1) an unemancipated person under 18 years of age; 14 (2) a student in a fulltime educational program who has 15 not reached his 23rd birthday; or 16 (3) a person mentally incompetent or physically 17 disabled. 18 "Complaint." Any petition, information, affidavit or any 19 other legal document used in instituting support proceedings. 20 "Court." The family court divisions of the Courts of Common 21 Pleas of Allegheny and Philadelphia Counties and the courts of 22 common pleas of every other judicial district. 23 "Court working day." A day in which the court is in session 24 or in which the office of the domestic relations division is 25 open. 26 "Department." The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. 27 "Director." The officer appointed by the court as director 28 of the domestic relations division. 29 "Domestic relations division." That division hereinafter 30 described, of the court, coming under the jurisdiction of the 19780H2163B2764 - 4 -
1 courts and carrying certain responsibilities in connection with 2 the enforcement of support and the solution of family problems. 3 "Duty of support." Any duty of support imposed or imposable 4 by law or by any court order, decree or judgment, whether 5 interlocutory or final, whether incidental to a proceeding for 6 divorce, separation, separate maintenance and any proceeding for 7 the establishment of paternity and support of a child born out 8 of wedlock, or otherwise. 9 "Emancipation." 10 (1) marriage of a child; 11 (2) self-supporting (the ability to perform employment 12 at a supporting wage); 13 (3) release from parental control, 14 (i) the child's having a permanent residence away 15 from the permanent residence of the party seeking 16 support; (a residence at boarding school, camp, college 17 or professional school is not to be deemed a residence 18 away from the permanent residence of the party seeking 19 support, unless the child's permanent residence when not 20 attending boarding school, camp, college or professional 21 school is not with the party seeking support); 22 (ii) release from legal subjection to parents and 23 results from some juristic act or other conduct of the 24 parent from which the extinguishment of parental rights 25 and filial duties may be inferred; 26 (4) entry into the armed forces of the United States. 27 "Family." Spouses, children and parents. 28 "Law." Includes common law, statutory law, and case law. 29 "Parent." The father or mother of any child regardless of 30 marital status. 19780H2163B2764 - 5 -
1 "Spouse." Either husband or wife. 2 "Support." Financial assistance. 3 CHAPTER 2 4 RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF INDIVIDUALS 5 Section 201. Rights and duties. 6 (1) Each child shall be entitled to support from his 7 parents as provided in Chapter 6 (relating to the 8 determination of support). 9 (2) Each spouse shall be entitled to the support of the 10 other spouse as provided in Chapter 6. 11 (3) The right to support shall obtain notwithstanding 12 that the respondent lives in the same household with the 13 person for whom support is sought as provided in Chapter 6. 14 CHAPTER 3 15 POWER AND DUTIES OF THE COURT 16 Section 301. Civil proceedings. 17 The court shall have the power to hear and determine through 18 civil action all matters embraced by the provisions of this act, 19 and its decrees and orders shall be subject to appeal as 20 provided by law. Cases may be instituted upon complaint of a 21 person seeking support or by any private agency, public body, 22 public agency, or person contributing to or paying the expenses 23 for the care, maintenance, assistance, or aid of any person 24 against any defendant having the duty of support of such person. 25 Section 302. Contempt proceedings. 26 The court shall have the power to enforce its decrees by 27 contempt proceedings as provided for in Chapter 9 (relating to 28 enforcement; wage attachment). 29 Section 303. Domestic relations division. 30 (a) In every judicial district of the Commonwealth, there 19780H2163B2764 - 6 -
1 shall be established and maintained a domestic relations 2 division or branch of the family court division of the court of 3 common pleas, staffed and supervised by the court. 4 (b) The court shall appoint a director of the domestic 5 relations division or branch of the family court division of the 6 court of common pleas who shall be, in the opinion of the court, 7 a competent and qualified person and have the power to appoint 8 other supporting staff as it may deem necessary to effectively 9 perform the work of the domestic relations division. The court 10 shall have the power to suspend and remove all employees of the 11 domestic relations division for cause and to require of any 12 employee security for faithful performance. 13 (c) The compensation or salaries of such appointees shall be 14 fixed by the judges of the court and their salaries together 15 with necessary expenses incurred while in actual performance of 16 duty shall be paid by the county. Such salaries shall be 17 commensurate with their duties and shall be comparable with 18 salaries paid employees in the State classified services having 19 similar duties and responsibilities as set out in the current 20 State classification and compensation plans. 21 (d) The domestic relations division may make full use of 22 services from other agencies concerned with matters coming 23 within the purview of the court under this act. 24 Section 304. Consolidation. 25 The court shall have the right to consolidate with any 26 support action any action filed for visitation, partial custody 27 or custody. 28 CHAPTER 4 29 DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR AND THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS DIVISION 30 Section 401. Processing support actions. 19780H2163B2764 - 7 -
1 It shall be the duty of the director, along with such 2 assistants as may be necessary, to receive and process, in 3 accordance with law and the rules of court, all complaints 4 provided for under this act and under the provisions of the act 5 of December 6, 1972 (P.L.1365, No.291), known as the "Revised 6 Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act." 7 Section 402. Assistance to the court, other duties. 8 (a) It shall be the duty of the director to make such 9 investigation as may be necessary, and to furnish the court such 10 information and assistance as the court may require, and to take 11 charge of any defendant before or after any hearing, as may be 12 directed by the court, and to collect and pay over to the proper 13 persons, bodies, or agencies money received, and, in general, to 14 do and perform such services as the court may direct. 15 (b) The director shall use all means available to locate 16 respondents having the duty of support. 17 (c) As directed by the court, the director or his 18 assistants, shall have full power and authority to detain any 19 defendant or other person who fails to comply with an order of 20 court or summons issued in any pending civil action for support 21 pursuant to the provisions of this act directing such person to 22 appear for any hearing or who is in substantial violation of the 23 terms of an order of support. Such detention shall be made only 24 upon a writ of attachment or written order of the court. 25 (d) The director shall keep an account of all orders made by 26 the court and a record of all payments made thereunder and shall 27 bring periodically to the attention of the court any default in 28 compliance with the court's order. The director shall maintain 29 administrative statistics of the number of orders entered and 30 amounts paid on such orders, and shall make an annual report to 19780H2163B2764 - 8 -
1 the court of the full activities of the domestic relations 2 division. 3 (e) All case records shall be identified by the social 4 security numbers of plaintiffs, recipients and defendants. 5 CHAPTER 5 6 DUTIES OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR 7 DOMESTIC RELATIONS DIVISION ATTORNEY 8 Section 501. Presentation of complaints. 9 The district attorney shall at all times furnish legal advice 10 to the domestic relations director and aid in the enforcement of 11 the duty of support and shall cooperate with the domestic 12 relations division in the preparation and presentation of 13 support complaints and ancillary petitions and writs and in any 14 proceeding designed to obtain compliance with any order of court 15 pursuant to this act or the "Revised Uniform Reciprocal 16 Enforcement of Support Act." 17 Section 502. Representation of plaintiff. 18 The district attorney, upon the request of the court, the 19 director of the domestic relations division or a State or local 20 public welfare official, shall represent any plaintiff and any 21 minor child involved in any proceeding under this act. 22 Section 503. Assignments to domestic relations staff. 23 The district attorney shall assign to the staff of the 24 domestic relations division such assistant district attorneys as 25 the court deems necessary and requests to carry out the support 26 enforcement responsibilities assigned to him in this chapter and 27 to aid in the effective operation of the domestic relations 28 division. 29 CHAPTER 6 30 DETERMINATION OF SUPPORT 19780H2163B2764 - 9 -
1 Section 601. General provisions. 2 If the court finds a duty of support to exist, it shall 3 determine the amount thereof and order the defendant to furnish 4 support in accordance with the provisions of this act, and it 5 shall have the power and responsibility for the enforcement of 6 such order. 7 Section 602. Marital status of parents. 8 In entering an order for the support of a child, no 9 distinction shall be made because of the marital status of the 10 parents. 11 Section 603. Effective date of order. 12 The effective date of an order of support may be the date of 13 the filing of the petition for support or such date thereafter 14 as shall be deemed consistent with the needs of the person 15 requiring support as well as the financial ability of the person 16 furnishing support. 17 Section 604. Determination of support order. 18 (a) In determining the amount of a support order, the court 19 shall consider the standard of living of the family, the current 20 income, earning power, needs and net resources, and earning 21 capacity of the family members, basing the order on all of these 22 factors. 23 (b) In determining the amount of a support order, no 24 percentage limitation shall apply. 25 (c) A spouse seeking support shall not be entitled to such 26 support if such spouse has acted in such manner as to give the 27 other spouse grounds for divorce provided such other spouse 28 must, in addition to having grounds for divorce, be the innocent 29 and injured spouse. 30 Section 605. Defendant living with family. 19780H2163B2764 - 10 -
1 A complaint for support filed against a defendant, who is 2 living with the member of his family for whom support is sought, 3 shall have the same force and effect as a complaint filed 4 against a defendant separated from his family. 5 Section 606. Order of support. 6 An order for the support of any person shall be made payable 7 to such person as the court may direct or to the domestic 8 relations division for transmittal to the plaintiff or person 9 designated by the court or directly to a public body or private 10 agency whenever the care, maintenance and assistance of such 11 person is provided for by such public body or public or private 12 agency. 13 Section 607. Voluntary payments. 14 The court may, in its discretion, after hearing, dismiss a 15 complaint if the defendant is voluntarily paying and is willing 16 to continue to pay an amount greater than the court determines 17 it would award. 18 CHAPTER 7 19 COSTS AND FEES 20 Section 701. Costs and fees. 21 No fees or costs for filing any complaint shall be required 22 to be paid in advance. When it appears to the court that either 23 of the parties in an action is financially able to pay costs and 24 fees, the court, in its discretion, can impose such costs and 25 fees. 26 Section 702. Counsel fees, costs and expenses. 27 The court, in its discretion, may award reasonable counsel 28 fees, costs and expenses. This section shall not apply when a 29 public agency is a party to the action. 30 CHAPTER 8 19780H2163B2764 - 11 -
1 SUPPORT PROCEEDINGS 2 Section 801. Who may file. 3 A complaint may be filed by any person, including a minor 4 spouse, to whom a duty of support is owing. It shall be filed on 5 behalf of a minor child by a person having the physical care or 6 custody of the minor without appointment as guardian ad litem. 7 It may be filed by any public body or public private agency 8 having any interest in the care, maintenance or assistance of 9 any person to whom a duty of support is owing. 10 Section 802. Commencement of actions. 11 (a) A support action under this act shall be commenced by 12 the filing in the domestic relations division of a verified 13 complaint which shall state substantially the following: 14 (1) The name and address of plaintiff and social 15 security account number. 16 (2) The name and last known address of defendant and 17 social security account number. 18 (3) The date and place of marriage, if married, or if 19 not married, the date and place of birth of each child born 20 out-of-wedlock. 21 (4) The names, dates of birth and residence of any 22 children. 23 (5) Date and circumstances of separation or failure to 24 support. 25 (6) Usual occupation, employment and earnings of 26 plaintiff and defendant. 27 (7) Amount of public aid, if any. 28 (8) The complaint may contain any information available 29 to aid in the location or identification of a defendant 30 including, but without limitation, by enumeration, a 19780H2163B2764 - 12 -
1 photograph of the defendant, a description of any 2 distinguishing marks on his person, other names and aliases 3 by which he has been or is known, his financial status, 4 fingerprints, etc. 5 (9) Any order of support in any other proceedings and 6 amount of arrearages, if any. 7 (b) Every complaint for support shall contain an order 8 directing the defendant to appear for hearing at a time and 9 place specified in the order. 10 (c) Every complaint for support and order to appear may be 11 served on the defendant in any one of the following manners: 12 (1) In accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure 13 relating to an action in equity; or 14 (2) by sending two copies of the complaint, one by 15 registered mail, deliver to addressee only, return receipt 16 requested, and one by ordinary mail to the defendant at 17 his/her last known address, with residence or business. 18 (3) If service is not accomplished by registered mail as 19 provided in paragraph (2), and there is no personal 20 appearance by the defendant, then service must be 21 accomplished as in paragraph (1) or as may be authorized by 22 court. 23 (4) No responsive pleadings are required. 24 (5) Notices to defend or plead are not required. 25 Section 803. Venue. 26 An action against an individual may be brought in and only 27 in: 28 (1) the county in which the obligor resides; 29 (2) the county in which the obligor is regularly 30 employed; or 19780H2163B2764 - 13 -
1 (3) the county where the last marital domicile was 2 located and the obligee currently resides. 3 CHAPTER 9 4 ENFORCEMENT - WAGE ATTACHMENT 5 Section 901. Authority of court. 6 (a) The court, upon receiving information, either through 7 written application, or at any hearing, that there is failure to 8 comply with any order of the court, may issue attachment 9 proceedings, directed to the sheriff or other proper officer of 10 the county, directing that the person named be brought before 11 the court at such time as the court may direct. 12 (b) Any person who is found, after hearing, to have 13 willfully failed to comply with any order of the court may be 14 adjudged in contempt of court and may be punished by the court 15 by commitment to the county prison or house of correction until 16 compliance with said order, but in no case for a period 17 exceeding six months, and the court in its order shall state the 18 condition upon which fulfillment will result in the release of 19 such person. 20 Section 902. Compelling attendance. 21 At all stages of proceedings provided under this act, the 22 court may compel the attendance, by attachment process directed 23 to the sheriff or other proper officer of the county, directing 24 and commanding that the person named as having failed to appear 25 be brought before the court at such time as the court may 26 direct, at which time the court may adjudge such person in 27 contempt of court, and, in its discretion, may commit such 28 person to the county prison for a period not exceeding six 29 months. 30 Section 903. Attachment proceedings. 19780H2163B2764 - 14 -
1 If, at any state of the proceedings under this act, when it 2 is believed that the respondent is about to leave the 3 jurisdiction, at the discretion of the court, an attachment may 4 be issued by the court directed to the sheriff or other proper 5 officer of the county, directing and commanding that the person 6 named be brought before the court at such time as the court may 7 direct, at which time the court may direct that the person named 8 give security by one or more sureties to appear when directed by 9 the court or to comply with any order of the court. 10 Section 904. Wage attachment. 11 On the motion of the plaintiff or on the motion of the court, 12 the court may issue an order attaching the wages, salary or 13 commissions of the defendant, to the defendant's employer, at 14 any stage of the proceeding after the entry of an order, in the 15 following manner: 16 (1) A certified copy of the order of support shall be 17 served on the employer, whether a corporation, the United 18 States, the Commonwealth, or any political subdivision, 19 association, company, firm or individual, and shall be served 20 by certified mail or by any adult person or in any other 21 manner provided by law. 22 (2) Such certified copy of the order shall contain an 23 order directing the employer to make a full answer, within 24 ten days after service of the order, of the amount of wages, 25 salary, or commissions of the defendant, and further 26 directing the employer to make no payment to the defendant 27 over 50% of the amount due him until further order of court. 28 (3) The court shall determine the amount of wages, 29 salary or commission which shall be regularly paid by the 30 employer to the domestic relations division and shall so 19780H2163B2764 - 15 -
1 notify the employer. 2 (4) Thereafter, it shall be the duty of the employer to 3 pay such amount regularly to the domestic relations division 4 and upon failure so to pay shall be in contempt and subject 5 to the court's order as now provided in proceedings against 6 the defendant in this chapter. The employer is authorized to 7 deduct 2% of the amount paid under the order from the wages 8 of the defendant for clerical work and expenses involved in 9 complying therewith. 10 (5) Such attachment shall continue until discharged by 11 order of the court. 12 (6) An employer shall not use such attachment of wages, 13 salary or commissions as a basis, in whole or in part, for 14 the discharge of an employee or for any disciplinary action 15 against any employee. 16 (7) Compliance by an employer with an order of 17 attachment of wages, salary or commissions operates as a 18 discharge of the employer's liability to the employee as to 19 that portion of the employee's earnings so affected. 20 Section 905. Counsel fees. 21 In attachment or contempt proceedings, the court may, in its 22 discretion, award reasonable counsel fees if it is determined 23 that there has been a flagrant and willful failure to comply 24 with an order of support. 25 CHAPTER 10 26 TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION AND COURT ORDER 27 Section 1001. Jurisdiction. 28 The court making the order shall at all times maintain 29 jurisdiction of the case for the purpose of enforcement of the 30 order and for the purpose of increasing, decreasing, modifying 19780H2163B2764 - 16 -
1 or rescinding such order, without limiting the right of a 2 plaintiff to institute additional proceedings for support in any 3 county wherein the defendant resides or where his property is 4 situated. 5 Section 1002. Notice to transfer. 6 On motion of any party, if any party has subsequently 7 established residence in a county other than the county where 8 the order has been originally entered and no party objects 9 within 20 days after notice of the requested transfer, the order 10 may be transferred to any county of new residence of any of the 11 parties for the purposes as set forth in section 1001 (relating 12 to jurisdiction). 13 Section 1003. Transfer of jurisdiction or order. 14 (a) If a support order has been ordered transferred to 15 another county, in accordance with section 1002 (relating to 16 notice to transfer), such order shall be entered in the new 17 county upon the forwarding of three certified copies of the 18 order of support and arrearages which have accrued thereunder, 19 along with verified information as to defendant's address. The 20 court to which such support order is so certified shall accept 21 such order and register same. 22 (b) Within ten days after receipt of such certification, the 23 court shall notify defendant by registered mail or any other 24 means of service as provided by law of the registration of said 25 court order. 26 (c) Said registered court order from another county shall be 27 treated in the same manner as a support order issued in the 28 county to which the order was transferred. It shall have the 29 same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and 30 proceedings for revision, vacating or staying and may be 19780H2163B2764 - 17 -
1 enforced in like manner. 2 CHAPTER 11 3 INTERCOUNTY PROCEEDINGS 4 Section 1101. Intercounty proceedings. 5 If the plaintiff proceeds under this act and venue lies in 6 accordance with the provisions of section 803 (relating to 7 venue), the provisions of the "Revised Uniform Reciprocal 8 Enforcement of Support Act" shall not apply to such proceedings. 9 CHAPTER 12 10 CONFIDENTIALITY 11 Section 1201. Confidential information; powers of courts. 12 In order to promote trust and confidence and to provide a 13 maximum of service in the most economical manner, all 14 information obtained by or for a court or by or for enforcement 15 officials in connection with this act shall be held confidential 16 and shall be used only for the purpose of this act. Any question 17 as to confidentiality shall be resolved by the court. 18 CHAPTER 13 19 RELEVANCY TO OTHER ACTS 20 Section 1301. Support of persons in institutions and foster 21 homes. 22 Support of persons living in public or private institutions 23 or receiving foster home care, who are entitled to support under 24 this act, shall be determined by the court under the provisions 25 of the acts pertaining to such care and institutionalization. 26 CHAPTER 14 27 REPEALER 28 Section 1401. General repealer. 29 All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar as they are 30 inconsistent herewith. 19780H2163B2764 - 18 -
1 Section 1402. Saving clause. 2 This act shall not repeal or modify any of the provisions of 3 the following acts: 4 The act of May 24, 1923 (P.L.446, No.238), entitled "An act 5 authorizing the sale of real estate held by entireties by 6 husband and wife when an order of support has been secured 7 against the husband who has neglected to comply with the same, 8 or whose whereabouts is unknown, or who has absented himself 9 from this Commonwealth; prescribing the procedure to be 10 followed; permitting husband and wife to testify; providing for 11 the disposition of the proceeds of such sale; and granting a 12 divorced woman the same rights under this act as a wife." 13 The act of June 24, 1937 (P.L.2045, No.397), known as "The 14 Support Law." 15 The act of December 6, 1972 (P.L.1365, No.291), known as the 16 "Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act." 17 Section 1403. General construction. 18 The provisions of this act, so far as they are the same as 19 those of existing laws, are intended as a continuation of such 20 laws and not as new enactments. The provisions of this act shall 21 not affect any court order or decree entered, act done, 22 liability incurred, or right accrued or vested, or affect any 23 suit pending, or to be instituted, to enforce any right or 24 penalty or punish any offense under the authority of such 25 repealed laws. 26 Section 1404. Effective date. 27 This act shall take effect immediately. A31L23RW/19780H2163B2764 - 19 -