PRINTER'S NO. 2199
No. 1554 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY O'PAKE, STOUT, GERLACH, BOSCOLA, STAPLETON AND WAGNER, OCTOBER 4, 2000
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 4, 2000
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for child support 3 payments. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 8 § 4328. Duration of child support. 9 Unless expressly provided in the decree, provisions for the 10 support of a child are terminated by emancipation or attainment 11 of majority of the child but not by the death of a parent 12 obligated to support the child. When a parent obligated to pay 13 support dies, the amount of support may be modified, revoked or 14 commuted to a lump sum payment, to the extent just and 15 appropriate in the circumstances. 16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. G25L23JLW/20000S1554B2199