2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 73 - Civil Provisions of General Application
7305 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal.

     § 7305.  Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
        (a)  Filing and notice.--If a responding tribunal of this
     State receives a petition or comparable pleading from an
     initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to section 7301(c)
     (relating to proceedings under this part), it shall cause the
     petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where
     and when it was filed.
        (b)  Action.--A responding tribunal of this State, to the
     extent otherwise authorized by law, may do any of the following:
            (1)  Issue or enforce a support order, modify a child
        support order or render a judgment to determine parentage.
            (2)  Order an obligor to comply with a support order,
        specifying the amount and the manner of compliance.
            (3)  Order income withholding.
            (4)  Determine the amount of any arrearages and specify a
        method of payment.
            (5)  Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or
        both.
            (6)  Set aside property for satisfaction of the support
        order.
            (7)  Place liens and order execution on the obligor's
        property.
            (8)  Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of
        the obligor's current residential address, telephone number,
        employer, address of employment and telephone number at the
        place of employment.
            (9)  Issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed
        after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the
        tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any state and local
        computer systems for criminal warrants.
            (10)  Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by
        specified methods.
            (11)  Award reasonable attorney fees and other fees and
        costs.
            (12)  Grant any other available remedy.
        (c)  Calculations.--A responding tribunal of this State shall
     include in a support order issued under this part or in the
     documents accompanying the order the calculations on which the
     support order is based.
        (d)  Visitation.--A responding tribunal of this State may not
     condition the payment of a support order issued under this part
     upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
        (e)  Notice.--If a responding tribunal of this State issues
     an order under this part, the tribunal shall send a copy of the
     order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating
     agency or tribunal, if any.
     (Dec. 16, 1997, P.L.549, No.58, eff. Jan. 1, 1998)

        1997 Amendment.  Act 58 amended subsecs. (a) and (e).
        Cross References.  Section 7305 is referred to in section
     7401 of this title.