7701 - Proceeding to determine parentage. - Pennsylvania Statutes

CHAPTER 77 DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE Sec. 7701. Proceeding to determine parentage. Enactment. Chapter 77 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58, No.20, effective immediately. Cross References. Chapter 77 is referred to in sections 7202, 7301, 7613 of this title. § 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.