§ Rule 1910.2 Venue Transfer of Action

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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, or

        (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.

    Note: 23 Pa.C.S. § 7201 sets forth the specific bases for long arm jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant.

    (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.

    Note: The standards for transfer of an action for the convenience of parties and witnesses are the same as the standards' under Rule 1006(d).

    (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.