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Publication Date: 2022-07-25
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Olson
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Case Number: 22-0824
Adjudication of delinquency for unauthorized use of an automobile vacated where commonwealth presented no evidence that appellant knew or had reason to know that he did not have the vehicle's owner's permission to operate the vehicle. Order of the trial court vacated.
Publication Date: 2022-07-11
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Carbon County
Judge: Judge Matika
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Case Number: 22-0699
Court partially granted defendant's request for "exceptions to the hearing office report." Specifically, the court reasoned that although defendant failed to appear at court and did not properly present evidence regarding the division of his assets, they nevertheless found that the evidence presented in defendant's request for an exception to the order was reasonable given that defendant was able to later demonstrate that the court's orders at the time were contrary to the evidence contained in the record.
Publication Date: 2022-07-04
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Lazarus
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Case Number: 22-0743
Trial court erred in dismissing petition to adopt a foreign-born child under §2908 of the Adoption Act, where there was no foreign adoption decree to register under §2908 and petitioners were U.S. citizens and residents of the commonwealth. Decree of the orphan's court reversed, case remanded.
Publication Date: 2022-07-04
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
Judge: Judge McMaster
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Case Number: 22-0669
Court denied mother's appeal from a trial court decision allowing paternal relatives to have contact with her daughter arguing that this constituted a visitation order which was not in the best interests of her daughter. The court clarified that their order allowing the contact with the paternal relatives was only a contact order arising from father's paternal rights and therefore no separate "visitation order" was issued.
Publication Date: 2022-07-04
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
Judge: Judge Tira
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Case Number: 22-0662
While mother demonstrated some bond with her minor child, that bond did not defeat the termination of her parental rights to make way for adoption by the child's step-grandfather where mother's mental health and substance abuse issues rendered her incapable of caring for the child. The court granted a petition for involuntary termination.
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Publication Date: 2022-07-04
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
Judge: Judge Corr
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Case Number: 22-0672
The court denied father's petition to modify an existing support order, which he filed less than two weeks after the parties had reached an agreement, because father failed to demonstrate through clear and convincing evidence a material and substantial change in circumstances. The court of common pleas recommended affirmance.
Publication Date: 2022-07-04
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
Judge: Judge Liller
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Case Number: 22-0671
Appellant's challenge of a protection from abuse order lacked merit where she knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily entered into an agreement to extend that PFA order and, in the process, assured the court of her understanding and appreciation of order's terms. The court of common pleas recommended affirmance.
Publication Date: 2022-06-06
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Acker
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Case Number: 22-0525
The court denied husband's exceptions to the equitable distribution contained in the master's report, because the master correctly calculated the marital portion of husband's state entity pension, and the evidence was insufficient to show that husband contributed to wife's education, training or enhanced earning power.
Publication Date: 2022-06-06
Practice Area: Family Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Patrick
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Case Number: 22-0531
The court of common pleas had authority under 20 Pa.C.S. §713 over issues concerning the recognition of birth and birth records and, thus, did not err in granting a decree establishing petitioner's birth facts sufficient to secure a state-issued identification. The court recommended affirmance.
Publication Date: 2022-06-06
Practice Area: Family Law
Industry: Non-Profit | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Dumas
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Case Number: 22-0625
Religious congregation lacked standing to seek summary relief against DHS to obtain a ruling that its "elders" were clergymen who were entitled to the evidentiary privilege that relieved them from certain reporting obligations under the Child Protective Services Law, since DHS was not responsible for enforcing criminal penalties for violations of mandated reporter obligations. Petition for review dismissed.
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