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§ 2302. Venue

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 23 Pa.C.S.A. Domestic Relations

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 23 Pa.C.S.A. Domestic Relations (Refs & Annos)
Part III. Adoption (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 23. Jurisdiction and Parties (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter A. Jurisdiction
23 Pa.C.S.A. § 2302
§ 2302. Venue
Currentness
Proceedings for voluntary relinquishment, involuntary termination and adoption may be brought in the court of the county:
(1) Where the parent or parents or the adoptee or the person or persons who have filed a report of intention to adopt required by section 2531 (relating to report of intention to adopt) reside.
(2) In which is located an office of an agency having custody of the adoptee or in the county where the agency having placed the adoptee is located.
(3) With leave of court, in which the adoptee formerly resided.

Credits

1980, Oct. 15, P.L. 934, No. 163, § 1, effective Jan. 1, 1981.
23 Pa.C.S.A. § 2302, PA ST 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 2302
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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