Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 713 (2026)

Special provisions for Philadelphia County.

✓ current as of May 2026

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§ 713. Special provisions for Philadelphia County.

The provisions of section 711 (relating to mandatory exercise of jurisdiction through orphans' court division in general), insofar as they relate to adoptions and birth records, shall not apply to Philadelphia County. In Philadelphia County the jurisdiction over adoptions and all proceedings which may be necessary to be presented to a court for determination with regard to issues concerning recordation of birth and birth records or the alteration, amendment or modification of such birth records or the right to obtain a certified copy of the same, shall be exercised through the family court division of the court of common pleas. Whenever a resident of Philadelphia is entitled to take an appeal from the action of the Department of Health in connection with any matters concerning birth records, the appeal shall be taken to the family court division of the court of common pleas of Philadelphia. In all other matters in which a petition is addressed to a court by a resident of Philadelphia in connection with matters of birth records, the filing of which petition is not in the nature of an appeal but is an original proceeding, the petition shall be determined by the family court division of the court of common pleas of Philadelphia.

Cross References. Section 713 is referred to in section 711 of this title; section 933 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1986–2023 · leading case: In the Matter of to Establish Birth Facts of J.P. Harris ~ Appeal of: DOT (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2023).

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In the Matter of to Establish Birth Facts of J.P. Harris ~ Appeal of: DOT (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2023). · cites it 2× “The trial court reasoned in its Rule 1925(a) Opinion that under Section 713 of the Probate Code, 20 Pa.C.S. § 713, the trial court “possesses jurisdiction to 17 establish or amend the birth records of Philadelphia residents.”

UGI Sunbury LLC v. A Permanent Easement (M.D. Penn. 2021). “37 After hearing the experts’ testimony and reviewing their reports, the Court concludes that Krauser’s valuation more accurately reflects the pre-taking value of the Pontius property.”

Bamford v. Pennsylvania Ins. Guarantee, 43 Pa. D. & C.3d 361 (1986). “§711(9) (relating to birth records) and 20 Pa.C. S. § 713 (relating to special provisions for Philadelphia County).”

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