2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 73 - Civil Provisions of General Application
7301 - Proceedings under this part.

                                CHAPTER 73
                 CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

     Sec.
     7301.  Proceedings under this part.
     7302.  Action by minor parent.
     7303.  Application of law of this State.
     7304.  Duties of initiating tribunal.
     7305.  Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
     7306.  Inappropriate tribunal.
     7307.  Duties of support enforcement agency.
     7308.  Supervisory duty.
     7309.  Private counsel.
     7310.  Duties of department.
     7311.  Pleadings and accompanying documents.
     7312.  Nondisclosure of information in exceptional
            circumstances.
     7313.  Costs and fees.
     7314.  Limited immunity of petitioner.
     7315.  Nonparentage as defense.
     7316.  Special rules of evidence and procedure.
     7317.  Communications between tribunals.
     7318.  Assistance with discovery.
     7319.  Receipt and disbursement of payments.

        Enactment.  Chapter 73 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58,
     No.20, effective immediately.
        Cross References.  Chapter 73 is referred to in sections
     7202, 7613 of this title.
     § 7301.  Proceedings under this part.
        (a)  Scope.--Except as otherwise provided in this part, this
     chapter applies to all proceedings under this part.
        (b)  Proceedings.--This part provides for the following
     proceedings:
            (1)  Establishment of an order for spousal support or
        child support pursuant to Chapter 74 (relating to
        establishment of support order).
            (2)  Enforcement of a support order and income-
        withholding order of another state without registration
        pursuant to Chapter 75 (relating to direct enforcement of
        order of another state without registration).
            (3)  Registration of an order for spousal support or
        child support of another state for enforcement pursuant to
        Chapter 76 (relating to enforcement and modification of
        support order after registration).
            (4)  Modification of an order for child support or
        spousal support issued by a tribunal of this State pursuant
        to Subchapter B of Chapter 72 (relating to proceedings
        involving two or more states).
            (5)  Registration of an order for child support of
        another state for modification pursuant to Chapter 76.
            (6)  Determination of parentage pursuant to Chapter 77
        (relating to determination of parentage).
            (7)  Assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents pursuant
        to Subchapter A of Chapter 72 (relating to extended personal
        jurisdiction).
        (c)  Commencement.--An individual petitioner or a support
     enforcement agency may commence a proceeding authorized under
     this part by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for
     forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a
     comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state
     which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the
     respondent.

        Cross References.  Section 7301 is referred to in section
     7305 of this title.