Pennsylvania Code
Title 231 - RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 1910 - ACTIONS FOR SUPPORT
Rule 1910.2-1 - Procedures Pursuant to the Intrastate Family Support Act
Universal Citation: 231 PA Code ยง 1910.2-1
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) The court in the county in which the complaint for support is filed shall retain and process the case for so long as all of the following conditions are met:
(1)
there is proper venue pursuant to Rule 1910.2;
(2) The defendant-obligor's mailing address
is known;
(3) sufficient
information is known about the defendant-obligor's employment to enable the
court to issue an earnings subpoena; and
(4) The obligee consents.
(b) If courts in two or more counties must be involved in the establishment and enforcement of an obligation for support:
(1) The case must proceed
pursuant to the Intrastate Family Support Act; and
(2) venue shall follow the defendant-obligor
in order to maintain the availability of statutory enforcement
remedies.
(c) A support order shall not be registered in another county unless:
(1) requested by the obligee, or
(2) necessary to maintain an order for
support, to obtain payment of the support obligation or to consolidate multiple
cases involving the same defendant-obligor.
(d) Only one support order shall be charging against a defendant-obligor for the same spouse and/or child(ren) at one time.
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