Pennsylvania Code
Title 231 - RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 1910 - ACTIONS FOR SUPPORT
Rule 1910.25-5 - Civil Contempt. Contempt Order. Incarceration

Universal Citation: 231 PA Code ยง 1910.25-5

Current through Register Vol. 53, No. 52, December 30, 2023

(a) No respondent may be incarcerated as a sanction for contempt without an evidentiary hearing before a judge.

(b) The court shall make a finding, on the record, as to whether the respondent, based upon the evidence presented at hearing, does or does not have the present ability to pay the court-ordered amount of support.

(c) An order committing a respondent to jail for civil contempt of a support order shall specify the conditions the fulfillment of which will result in the release of the respondent.

The provisions of this Rule 1910.25 -5 adopted May 31, 2000, effective 7/1/2000, 30 Pa.B. 3155; amended June 11, 2007, effective immediately, 37 Pa.B. 2800; amended November 30, 2012, effective 12/30/2012, 42 Pa.B. 7521.

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