PRINTER'S NO. 395
No. 382 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY O'PAKE, MELLOW, STAPLETON, AFFLERBACH, BODACK,
REGOLI, JONES, MUSTO, LYNCH, REIBMAN, ROSS, SHAFFER AND
BELAN, FEBRUARY 3, 1989
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 3, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further defining
3 "dependent child."
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. The definition of "dependent child" in section
7 6302 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
8 amended to read:
9 § 6302. Definitions.
10 The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
11 shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
12 meanings given to them in this section:
13 * * *
14 "Dependent child." A child who:
15 (1) is without proper parental care or control,
16 subsistence, education as required by law, or other care or
17 control necessary for his physical, mental, or emotional
18 health, or morals;
1 (2) has been placed for care or adoption in violation of
2 law;
3 (3) has been abused or abandoned by his parents,
4 guardian, or other custodian;
5 (4) is without a parent, guardian, or legal custodian;
6 (5) while subject to compulsory school attendance is
7 habitually and without justification truant from school;
8 (6) has committed a specific act or acts of habitual
9 disobedience of the reasonable and lawful commands of his
10 parent, guardian or other custodian and who is ungovernable
11 and found to be in need of care, treatment or supervision;
12 (7) is under the age of ten years and has committed a
13 delinquent act;
14 (8) has been formerly adjudicated dependent, and is
15 under the jurisdiction of the court, subject to its
16 conditions or placements and who commits an act which is
17 defined as ungovernable in paragraph (6); or
18 (9) has been referred pursuant to section 6323 (relating
19 to informal adjustment), and who commits an act which is
20 defined as ungovernable in paragraph (6).
21 * * *
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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