An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child custody, providing for sibling visitation rights.

HB 714 would allow siblings (including half-siblings and stepsiblings) to petition a court for visitation rights with a sibling child who is in a custody arrangement. Courts must consider factors like the child’s best interests, evidence that the custodial parent denied access in the 30 days before the petition, and whether the denial was unreasonable. The bill defines "visitation" as time spent together, not custody, and clarifies it does not affect existing custody laws or standing. This directly affects siblings who have been prevented from seeing their siblings by a parent with physical custody.