Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania

my ex boyfriend and I are residing in separate states. We met and conceived in Philadelphia and I'm delivering our baby in Philadelphia this summer 2015. If we are not together, how does interstate custody work and who is responsible to pay expenses?


Asked on 4/21/15, 9:55 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
ANDREA G. TILLIS Law Offices of Andrea G. Tillis

Thank you for your question.

In situations where the parents of a child are not married, both parents have an equal right to custody. If the parents live in two different states, a Complaint/Petition for Custody must be filed in the State in which the child has lived during the immediately preceding 6 months.

If the parents have come to an Agreement on custody and visitation, you can submit the Agreement and ask that the Court enter it as an Order of the Court, so that if either parent breaches the Agreement, the other parent can file a Petition for Contempt of Court.

Kindest Regards,

ANDREA G. TILLIS

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Answered on 4/21/15, 4:37 pm


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