§ Rule 1915.10 Decision

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Rule 1915.10. Decision

    (a) The court may make the decision before the testimony has been transcribed.

    (b) No Motion for Post-Trial Relief may be filed to an order of custody, partial custody or visitation.

    Note: See 23 Pa.C.S. § 5301 et seq. for provisions relating to the award of sole or shared custody (§§ 5303, 5304), counseling and the temporary award of custody pending counseling (§ 5305), submission of a plan to implement a custody order (§ 5306), removal of a party or child from the Commonwealth (§ 5308), access to records of the child (§ 5309), and modification of existing custody orders (§ 5310).

    The statute also provides that the court shall state on the record its reasons when it declines to enter an award of custody as agreed to by the parents or under the plan developed by them (23 Pa.C.S. § 5307).