Pennsylvania HB 350: An Act amending Titles 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries), 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in intestate succession, further providing for rules of succession; in administration and personal representatives, providing for liability of executor; in proceedings prior to petition to adopt, further providing for rules of succession, for hearing, for alternative procedure for relinquishment and for hearing; in support matters generally, further providing general administration of support matters, repealing provisions relating to paternity and further providing for continuing jurisdiction over support orders; in general provisions relating to children and minors, repealing provisions relating to acknowledgment and claim of paternity; in jurisdiction, further providing for bases for jurisdiction over nonresident; enacting the Uniform Parentage Act; providing for parent-child relationship for certain individuals, for voluntary acknowledgment of parentage, for genetic testing, for proceeding to adjudicate parentage, for assisted reproduction, for surrogacy agreements and for information about donors; and, in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for original jurisdiction and venue.

Bill Text

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1276, 1880 PRINTER'S NO. 1937
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 350
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SANCHEZ, DELOZIER, McNEILL, D. MILLER, VENKAT,
MADDEN, GIRAL, PROBST, HILL-EVANS, GUENST, NEILSON, OTTEN,
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, RIVERA, D. WILLIAMS, GREEN, FRANKEL,
KENYATTA, SCHLOSSBERG, MERSKI, PIELLI, BOROWSKI, KINKEAD,
BRIGGS, DONAHUE, FIEDLER, PROKOPIAK, KHAN, MULLINS, MAYES,
T. DAVIS, WARREN, MADSEN, DALEY, HOWARD, DOUGHERTY, JAMES AND
HANBIDGE, APRIL 7, 2025
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 16, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Titles 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries), 23
(Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial
Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in
intestate succession, further providing for rules of
succession; in administration and personal representatives,
providing for liability of executor; in proceedings prior to
petition to adopt, further providing for rules of succession,
for hearing, for alternative procedure for relinquishment and
for hearing; in support matters generally, further providing
general administration of support matters, repealing
provisions relating to paternity and further providing for
continuing jurisdiction over support orders; in general
provisions relating to children and minors, repealing
provisions relating to acknowledgment and claim of paternity;
in jurisdiction, further providing for bases for jurisdiction
over nonresident; enacting the Uniform Parentage Act;
providing for parent-child relationship for certain
individuals, for voluntary acknowledgment of parentage, for
genetic testing, for proceeding to adjudicate parentage, for
assisted reproduction, for surrogacy agreements and for
information about donors; and, in organization and
jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for
original jurisdiction and venue.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
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Section 1. Section 2104(4) of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 2104. Rules of succession.
The provisions of this chapter shall be applied to both real
and personal estate in accordance with the following rules:
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(4) After-born persons; time of determining
relationships.--Persons begotten before the decedent's death,
including a person conceived by assisted reproduction and
established to be a child of the decedent under 23 Pa.C.S. §
9708 (relating to parentage status of deceased individual),
9813 (relating to gestational surrogacy agreement; parentage
status of deceased intended parent) or 9825 (relating to
genetic surrogacy agreement; parentage status of deceased
intended parent), but born thereafter, shall take as if they
had been born in his lifetime.
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Section 2. Title 20 is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 3332.1. Liability of executor.
If a decedent's estate is not notified of a transfer of a
gamete or embryo as required under 23 Pa.C.S. § 9708(b)(2)(ii)
(relating to parentage status of deceased individual), 9813(b)
(3) (relating to gestational surrogacy agreement; parentage
status of deceased intended parent) or 9825(b)(3) (relating to
genetic surrogacy agreement; parentage status of deceased
intended parent), and as a result a parent-child relationship
between the decedent and the person conceived by assisted
reproduction is not established, an executor is not liable to
the person for a distribution of the estate of the decedent in
reliance on the fact that the relationship was not established.
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Section 3. Sections 2503(b) and (d), 2504(c), 2513(b) and
4305(b)(1) of Title 23 are amended to read:
§ 2503. Hearing.
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(b) Notice.--
(1) At least ten days' notice of the hearing shall be
given to the petitioner, and a copy of the notice shall be
given to the other parent, to the putative father whose
parental rights could be terminated pursuant to subsection
(d) and to the parents or guardian of a petitioner who has
not reached 18 years of age.
(2) The notice to the petitioner shall state the
following:
"To: (insert petitioner's name)
A petition has been filed asking the court to put an
end to all rights you have to your child (insert name of
child). The court has set a hearing to consider ending
your rights to your child. That hearing will be held in
(insert place, giving reference to exact room and
building number or designation) on (insert date) at
(insert time). Your presence is required at the hearing.
You have a right to be represented at the hearing by a
lawyer. You should take this paper to your lawyer at
once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one,
go to or telephone the office set forth below to find out
where you can get legal help.
(Name)....................
(Address).................
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(Telephone numbe