Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5523 (2026)
Collateral attack.
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§ 5523. Collateral attack.
No decree entered pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to collateral attack on account of any irregularity if the court which entered it had jurisdiction to do so.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2014–2019 · leading case: Gavin, M., Aplts. v. Loeffelbein, E., 205 A.3d 1209 (Pa. 2019).
Gavin, M., Aplts. v. Loeffelbein, E., 205 A.3d 1209 (Pa. 2019). “” 20 Pa.C.S. § 5523. The General Assembly plainly intended that a perceived irregularity in a decree appointing an emergency guardian (or in a related scheduling order) would be resolved in the first instance before the orphans’ court.”
In re Est. of McDermott, 37 Pa. D. & C.5th 328 (2014). “Furthermore, because failure to give notice to an interested party is a jurisdictional defect, co-guardians preliminary objection, based upon 20 Pa.C.S. §5523, that the order is not subject to collateral attack, also fails.”
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