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42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 961 (2026)

 Domestic relations section.

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SUBCHAPTER E

SECTIONS OF THE STAFF OF THE COURT

 

Sec.

961.  Domestic relations section.

962.  Other sections.

 

Enactment.  Subchapter E was added April 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, effective in 60 days.

§ 961.  Domestic relations section.

Each court of common pleas shall have a domestic relations section, which shall consist of such probation officers and other staff of the court as shall be assigned thereto.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1989–2023 · leading case: S. Parks Miller, DA v. Cnty. of Centre, 135 A.3d 233 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016).
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S. Parks Miller, DA v. Cnty. of Centre, 135 A.3d 233 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “other staff of the court as shall be assigned thereto,” 42 Pa.C.S. § 961, • wé concluded the Director was a judicial employee.”
Haybarger v. Lawrence Cnty. Adult Prob. & Parole, 551 F.3d 193 (3rd Cir. 2008). “” 42 Pa. Cons.Stat. § 961 (2008). There is no similar provision explicitly calling for adult probation and parole departments.”
J.D. Grine v. Cnty. of Centre, The McShane Firm, LLC & T.C. Tanski Appeal of: Cnty. of Centre K. Gillette-Walker v. Cnty. of Centre, Shubin Law Off., P.C., & S.P. McGraw Appeal of: Cnty. of Centre, 138 A.3d 88 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016). “However, MDJ Gillette-Walker is not a user of the County plan.”
Ball v. Minnick, 606 A.2d 1181 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1992). · cites it 2× “Those statutes also provided for probation departments to assist in the work of the courts in these matters (now covered by 42 Pa.C.S. § 961 Domestic Relations Sections).”
Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna Cnty. v. Pennsylvania Off. of Open Records, 2 A.3d 810 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010). “” 42 Pa.C.S. § 961. As director of the Lackawanna County Office of Domestic Relations, Luongo clearly is an employee of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas and, thus, making him an administrative staff employee of the unified judicial system.”
Com. Dept. of Pub. Welfare v. Joyce, 563 A.2d 590 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1989). · cites it 2× “Section 961 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 961, provides that each court of common pleas shall have a domestic relations section.”
Dormevil v. Dom. Relations Off. Delaware Cnty. Pennsylvania Child Support Agency (E.D. Pa. 2023). · cites it 2× “2008) (citing 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 961 ). 53 Addlespurger v.”
In Re: Order Amending Rules 1901.3, 1901.6, 1905, 1910.4, 1910.7, 1910.11, 1910.27, 1915.3, 1915.4-4, 1915.7, 1915.15, 1915.17, 1915.18, 1920.13, 1920.15, 1920.31, 1920.33, 1920.75, 1930.1, 1930.6, 1953, & 1959 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure (Pa. 2018). “Section 961 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 961, provides that each court of common pleas shall have a domestic relations section.”
Order Amending Rules of PA Civil Procedure 1901.3, etc. (Pa. 2018). “Section 961 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 961, provides that each court of common pleas shall have a domestic relations section.”
In Re: Order Amending Rules 1910.4, 1910.16, 1910.16-4, 1910.17, 1920.1, 1920.13, 1920.15, 1920.31, 1920.51, 1920.52, 1920.54, 1920.56, 1920.74 of PA Rules of Civil Procedure (Pa. 2018). “Section 961 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 961, provides that each court of common pleas shall have a domestic relations section.”
L.E. Scolforo & The York Dispatch v. The Cnty. of York (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2023). “This Court concluded the director was an employee of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas because Section 961 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 961, requires every court of common pleas to have a domestic relations section, and the director’s position made him “an…”
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