2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 46 - Support of the Indigent
4605 - Recovery of money.

     § 4605.  Recovery of money.
        (a)  Recovery.--Whenever any person shall become a public
     charge or receive public assistance, the public body or public
     agency caring for or furnishing the assistance to the person may
     sue for and recover any sum of money which is due the person.
        (b)  Manner of suit.--A suit under subsection (a) shall be
     brought in the name of the person for the use of the public body
     or public agency. Proof that the person to whom the money is due
     became a public charge or was publicly assisted shall be
     conclusive proof of the right to recover whatever may be legally
     due the person. If the amount due has been reduced to judgment,
     the public body or public agency may be substituted as plaintiff
     in the judgment. If the amount due is founded on an order or
     decree of a court, the public body or public agency shall have
     the right to recover the amount.
        (c)  Self-support.--If a person becomes self-supporting or
     supported by a relative or friend, any money recovered and not
     expended in the care or assistance of the person shall belong to
     the person. In the case of the person's death, money not
     expended for the person's care, assistance and burial shall
     belong to the person's estate.