HB 383 — An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alimony and support, further providing for alimony.

PRINTER'S NO.   348

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 383
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY ORTITAY, FREEMAN, COOK, PICKETT, KUZMA, CIRESI,
        SHUSTERMAN AND GREEN, JANUARY 28, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 28, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in alimony and support, further
 3      providing for alimony.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.    Section 3701(a) and (b)(14) of Title 23 of the
 7   Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the section
 8   is amended by adding a subsection to read:
 9   § 3701.    Alimony.
10      (a)    General rule.--[Where] Subject to subsection (a.1),
11   where a divorce decree has been entered, the court may allow
12   alimony, as it deems reasonable, to either party only if it
13   finds that alimony is necessary.
14      (a.1)    Conviction.--Except where the court finds that an
15   order awarding alimony is necessary to prevent manifest
16   injustice, a party who has been convicted of committing a
17   personal injury crime against the other party shall not be
18   awarded alimony. Any amount of alimony paid by the injured party
 1   after the commission of the offense but before conviction of the
 2   other party shall be recoverable by the injured party upon
 3   petition.
 4      (b)   Factors relevant.--In determining whether alimony is
 5   necessary and in determining the nature, amount, duration and
 6   manner of payment of alimony, the court shall consider all
 7   relevant factors, including:
 8            * * *
 9            (14)    [The] Subject to subsection (a.1), the marital
10      misconduct of either of the parties during the marriage. The
11      marital misconduct of either of the parties from the date of
12      final separation shall not be considered by the court in its
13      determinations relative to alimony, except that the court
14      shall consider the abuse of one party by the other party. As
15      used in this paragraph, "abuse" shall have the meaning given
16      to it under section 6102 (relating to definitions).
17            * * *
18      Section 2.     This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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