Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Rule 1910.2 - Venue. Transfer of Action(a) An action may be brought in(1) the county in which the defendant resides, or(2) the county in which the defendant is regularly employed, or(3) the county in which the plaintiff resides and that county is the county in which the last marital domicile was located and in which the plaintiff has continued to reside.(4) the county in which the child resides if the relief sought includes child support.(b) Where jurisdiction is acquired over the defendant pursuant to the long arm statute, 23 Pa.C.S. § 4342(c), the action may be brought in the county where the plaintiff resides.(c) If, at the time of the filing of the action, there is a divorce or custody action pending between the parties in an appropriate court in another county, the court upon good cause shown may transfer the support action to that county.(d) For the convenience of the parties and witnesses the court may transfer an action to the appropriate court of any other county where the action could have been brought at the time of transfer.(e) A support order may be enforced in accordance with the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, 23 Pa.C.S. § 7101 et seq., if the defendant resides outside the Commonwealth, or in accordance with the Intrastate Family Support Act, 23 Pa.C.S. § 8101 et seq., if the defendant resides in another county within the Commonwealth.The provisions of this Rule 1910.2 amended June 20, 1985, effective 1/1/1986, 15 Pa.B. 2452; amended November 7, 1988, effective 1/1/1989, 18 Pa.B. 5326; amended December 8, 1994, effective 7/1/1995, 24 Pa.B. 6399; amended December 18, 1998, effective 1/1/1999, 29 Pa.B. 16; amended October 31, 2002, effective immediately, 32 Pa.B. 5632.