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  • In the Interest of S.S.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-31
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0608

    Trial court erred in terminating father's parental rights after improperly considering a psychiatrist's report that was admitted in child's dependency proceeding but not in the termination hearing. Vacated.

  • In the Interest of: E.C.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0575

    Parent could not appeal from permanency review order denying parent's motion for return of custody where the order was not a final order and had not changed the permanency goal or the subject children's custody placement. Appeal quashed.

  • In re: AS

    Publication Date: 2021-05-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0411

    Petitioners provided clear and convincing evidence in support of the termination of father's parental rights, and the court found termination would not destroy any existing bond between father and child. Adoption by petitioners was in the best interests of the child.

  • In re: JW

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0379

    The court found that petitioners presented clear and convincing evidence in support of their request to terminate the parental rights of a child's two potential biological fathers.

  • Q.A. v. Y.S.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0380

    Mother failed to meet her burden of proof under 23 Pa.C.S.A. §6102 so as to warrant a final protection from abuse order where the evidence did not support her claim that father acted in such a way as to place her in "reasonable" fear of bodily harm. The court denied mother's motion for reconsideration.

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  • Haller v. Linner

    Publication Date: 2021-04-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0377

    Grandparent had standing to intervene in this child custody matter because mother had previously permitted him to have contact with the minor child, and the parents disagreed about the grandparent's continued contact. The court granted the motion to intervene.

  • In re: BEC

    Publication Date: 2021-04-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0316

    The court granted a petition to involuntarily terminate father's parental rights to make way for adoption where father had demonstrated a settled purpose to relinquish parental claim to his child and "utterly failed" to perform his parental duties for at least six months prior to the filing of the petition. The court granted a petition to terminate father's parental rights.

  • Lawrence County Juvenile Probation v. Ferrante

    Publication Date: 2021-04-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0352

    A parent was not entitled to a reduction in his child support obligation because he was the victim of the child's criminal conduct. The court concluded that a support judgment in favor of the county probation department should be affirmed.

  • Rauch v. Berry

    Publication Date: 2021-04-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0318

    The paternal grandmother of the parties' minor children had standing to intervene in this custody matter where she had assumed the duties of the children's sole parent and had been discharging such duties partially since the children were born and solely since father's incarceration, demonstrating in loco parentis status. The court granted paternal grandmother's petition to intervene.

  • In re P.G.F.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0370

    Superior court properly terminated appellant's parental rights where attorney appointed as both counsel and guardian ad litem for child did not expressly inquire into six year old's preferred outcome of the termination proceedings but attorney was able to fulfill her professional duties and act in both roles. Affirmed.