PRINTER'S NO. 3522
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2504
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY D'ORSIE, CUTLER, STEHR, LEADBETER, ROWE, KLUNK,
MOUL, JAMES, GILLEN, JOZWIAK AND ZIMMERMAN, JULY 23, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, JULY 23, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, further providing
for standing for partial physical custody and supervised
physical custody.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5325 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 5325. Standing for partial physical custody and supervised
physical custody.
In addition to situations set forth in section 5324 (relating
to standing for any form of physical custody or legal custody),
grandparents and great-grandparents may file an action under
this chapter for partial physical custody or supervised physical
custody in the following situations:
(1) where the parent of the child is deceased, a parent
or grandparent of the deceased parent may file an action
under this section;
(2) where the relationship with the child began either
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with the consent of a parent of the child or under a court
order and where the parents of the child:
(i) have commenced a proceeding for custody; and
(ii) do not agree as to whether the grandparents or
great-grandparents should have custody under this
section; [or]
(3) when the child has, for a period of at least 12
consecutive months, resided with the grandparent or great-
grandparent, excluding brief temporary absences of the child
from the home, and is removed from the home by the parents,
an action must be filed within six months after the removal
of the child from the home[.]; or
(4) where neither parent has any form of care and
control of the child or a parent has supervised physical
custody of the child and:
(i) the grandparent has assumed or is willing to
assume responsibility for the child; and
(ii) the grandparent has a sustained, substantial
and sincere interest in the welfare of the child. In
determining whether the grandparent meets the
requirements of this subparagraph, the court may
consider, among other factors, the nature, quality,
extent and length of the involvement by the grandparent
in the child's life.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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