2014 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 77 - Determination of Parentage
Section 7701 - Proceeding to determine parentage
§ 7701. Proceeding to determine parentage.
(a) Jurisdiction.--A tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating or responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under this part or a law substantially similar to this part, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act to determine that the petitioner is a parent of a particular child or to determine that a respondent is a parent of that child.
(b) Choice of law.--In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of this State shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this State and the rules of this State on choice of law.
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