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  • In re: Adoption of B.G.S.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 21-0098

    Trial court erred in terminating father's parental rights where he had only become aware of the child's existence and his possible paternity less than four months prior to the filing of the termination petition. Decree of the trial court reversed.

  • Beamer v. Bobst

    Publication Date: 2021-01-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-1397

    The court held father in contempt for failing to ensure that the parties' minor child physically attended school in the Jersey Shore Area School District where a custody order directed the child's attendance there and father had not sought an adequate alternative during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court granted mother's petition for contempt.

  • In re: DD1, DD2, DD3

    Publication Date: 2021-01-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
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    Case Number: 20-1398

    The court terminated father's parental rights pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. §2511 where he failed to, among other things, perform parental duties with regard to his three children for a period of at least six months and make every effort to have a relationship with his children. The court recommend affirmance of its order terminating father's parental rights.

  • Blair County Children, Youth & Families v. Dep't of Human Res.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
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    Case Number: 20-0032

    The Department of Human Services did not err in granting mother a hearing to determine whether a child protective services investigation report was supported by her criminal pleas and in finding that mother's guilty pleas did not qualify as findings that her child was abused. The appellate court affirmed.

  • Hill v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2021-01-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-1391

    A third party failed to establish that she stood in loco parentis with regard to a minor child, so the court denied her motion to intervene in the custody proceeding.

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  • Mechling v. McCollins

    Publication Date: 2021-01-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Carbon County
    Judge: Judge Serfass
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    Case Number: 20-1366

    Despite the statutory presumption in favor of the child's natural father, the clear and convincing evidence rebutted the presumption and led the court to conclude that it was in the minor child's best interest to maintain an order granting primary custody to his grandparents, who had cared for the child for most of his life. The court recommended affirmance.

  • Goodwin v. Goodwin

    Publication Date: 2020-12-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Elliot
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    Case Number: 20-1412

    Husband challenged trial court's equitable distribution in a divorce action, arguing life insurance proceeds that wife received on her son's death were marital property and court found the life insurance proceeds were a gift, not marital property, and the distribution scheme was not an abuse of discretion. Affirmed.

  • Leonard v. Kershner

    Publication Date: 2020-12-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-1309

    The court rejected plaintiff's request for relief under the Protection from Abuse statute, and plaintiff failed to demonstrate she was entitled to prevail on appeal.

  • MA v. JH

    Publication Date: 2020-12-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1310

    Plaintiff failed to prove that a child was unavailable as a witness, so the court rejected her motion to allow the child's hearsay statement to come into evidence.

  • Hasselman v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2020-12-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1307

    The court refused to stay this custody matter, which was scheduled for trial, until the superior court heard mother's appeal from an order denying her application for a protection from abuse order as that denial order arose in an entirely separate action. The court denied mother's motion to stay proceedings.