Legislation Ensuring the Termination of Parental Rights for Rapists (Former HB 1395)
February 12, 2013 02:27 PM to All House Members
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Representative Angel Cruz
D House District 180
Memo
In the near future, I intend to reintroduce legislation which would amend Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, to ensure that rapists do not have any parental rights to a child conceived as a result of the rape.
Though current law already terminates the parental rights of a biological father to a child conceived as a result of rape, an incident that occurred in my legislative district necessitates further language in statute. A court in Philadelphia ignored the provisions contained in the section of Title 23 which terminates the rights of rapists, and awarded custody of a child conceived as a result of a rape, to the rapist that perpetrated the crime. As such, my legislation would insert language in Title 23, §5329 (Consideration of criminal convictions) to prohibit the courts from allowing this outrage to occur ever again.
Previous co-sponsors: YOUNGBLOOD, McGEEHAN, SABATINA, V. BROWN, CARROLL, COHEN, FLECK, GOODMAN, HARRIS, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MILLARD, READSHAW, VULAKOVICH AND GINGRICH
Though current law already terminates the parental rights of a biological father to a child conceived as a result of rape, an incident that occurred in my legislative district necessitates further language in statute. A court in Philadelphia ignored the provisions contained in the section of Title 23 which terminates the rights of rapists, and awarded custody of a child conceived as a result of a rape, to the rapist that perpetrated the crime. As such, my legislation would insert language in Title 23, §5329 (Consideration of criminal convictions) to prohibit the courts from allowing this outrage to occur ever again.
Previous co-sponsors: YOUNGBLOOD, McGEEHAN, SABATINA, V. BROWN, CARROLL, COHEN, FLECK, GOODMAN, HARRIS, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MILLARD, READSHAW, VULAKOVICH AND GINGRICH
Legislation
Document - Introduced as HB 945
Legislation Ensuring the Termination of Parental Rights for Rapists (Former HB 1395)
February 12, 2013 02:27 PM to All House Members
Circulated By
CRUZ
Memo
In the near future, I intend to reintroduce legislation which would amend Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, to ensure that rapists do not have any parental rights to a child conceived as a result of the rape.
Though current law already terminates the parental rights of a biological father to a child conceived as a result of rape, an incident that occurred in my legislative district necessitates further language in statute. A court in Philadelphia ignored the provisions contained in the section of Title 23 which terminates the rights of rapists, and awarded custody of a child conceived as a result of a rape, to the rapist that perpetrated the crime. As such, my legislation would insert language in Title 23, §5329 (Consideration of criminal convictions) to prohibit the courts from allowing this outrage to occur ever again.
Previous co-sponsors: YOUNGBLOOD, McGEEHAN, SABATINA, V. BROWN, CARROLL, COHEN, FLECK, GOODMAN, HARRIS, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MILLARD, READSHAW, VULAKOVICH AND GINGRICH
Though current law already terminates the parental rights of a biological father to a child conceived as a result of rape, an incident that occurred in my legislative district necessitates further language in statute. A court in Philadelphia ignored the provisions contained in the section of Title 23 which terminates the rights of rapists, and awarded custody of a child conceived as a result of a rape, to the rapist that perpetrated the crime. As such, my legislation would insert language in Title 23, §5329 (Consideration of criminal convictions) to prohibit the courts from allowing this outrage to occur ever again.
Previous co-sponsors: YOUNGBLOOD, McGEEHAN, SABATINA, V. BROWN, CARROLL, COHEN, FLECK, GOODMAN, HARRIS, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MILLARD, READSHAW, VULAKOVICH AND GINGRICH
Document
Introduced as HB 945
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