2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 54 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement
5455 - Role of prosecutor or public official.

     § 5455.  Role of prosecutor or public official.
        (a)  General rule.--In a case arising under this chapter or
     involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of
     International Child Abduction, the prosecutor or other
     appropriate public official may take any lawful action,
     including resort to a proceeding under this subchapter or any
     other available civil proceeding to locate a child, obtain the
     return of a child or enforce a child custody determination if
     there is:
            (1)  an existing child custody determination;
            (2)  a request to do so from a court in a pending child
        custody proceeding;
            (3)  a reasonable belief that a criminal statute has been
        violated; or
            (4)  a reasonable belief that the child has been
        wrongfully removed or retained in violation of the Hague
        Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child
        Abduction.
        (b)  Authority.--A prosecutor or appropriate public official
     acting under this section acts on behalf of the court and may
     not represent any party.

        Cross References.  Section 5455 is referred to in sections
     5456, 5457 of this title.