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23 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2301 (2026)

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CHAPTER 23

JURISDICTION AND PARTIES

 

Subchapter

A.  Jurisdiction

B.  Parties

 

Enactment.  Chapter 23 was added October 15, 1980, P.L.934, No.163, effective January 1, 1981.

 

 

SUBCHAPTER A

JURISDICTION

 

Sec.

2301.  Court.

2302.  Venue.

§ 2301.  Court.

The court of common pleas of each county shall exercise through the appropriate division original jurisdiction over voluntary relinquishment, involuntary termination and adoption proceedings.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1987–2026 · leading case: Russell v. Bridgens, 647 N.W.2d 56 (Neb. 2002).
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Russell v. Bridgens, 647 N.W.2d 56 (Neb. 2002). · cites it 2× “" 23 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. § 2301 (West 2001).”
Conklin v. Commonwealth, 522 A.2d 1207 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1987). “That division of the common pleas court has, of course, jurisdiction over such matters, see 23 Pa. C. S. §2301, and a parent resisting an involuntary termination of parental rights may always contest an involuntary termination or the adoption of her children in that court.”
In Re: Adoption of: D.G.J., Appeal of: H.L.H., 277 A.3d 12034 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2022). · cites it 2× “While the court of common pleas of each county exercises original jurisdiction over adoption proceedings, see 23 Pa.C.S. § 2301, “[t]he courts have no authority to decree an adoption in the absence of statutorily required consents[.”
In the Int. of: M.K.L., Appeal of: Phila. DHS, 2026 Pa. Super. 33 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2026). “§§ 711, 713; see also 23 Pa.C.S. § 2301 (court of common pleas has original jurisdiction over involuntary termination matters to be exercised through appropriate division); 42 Pa.”
In Re: Adoption of: A.P.C.-D., a Minor (Pa. Super. Ct. 2026). “” 23 Pa.C.S. § 2301. Furthermore, involuntary termination proceedings may be brought, inter alia, “in the court of the county” in which is located “an office of an agency” that has custody of the subject child.”
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