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  • In re: B.J.Z.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0456

    Involuntary termination of parental rights affirmed where trial court could admit statements setting forth older children's preferences for termination and where evidence supported finding that parent was unlikely to remedy conditions for removal. Orders of the trial court affirmed.

  • In the Interest of: T.M.A., a minor

    Publication Date: 2019-04-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Strassburger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0452

    Juvenile court could adjudicate minor dependent where record demonstrated conflict between child and parent such that child refused to return to parent's home and the "grandparent" child was living with had no way to provide for child's medical needs. Order of the juvenile court affirmed.

  • S.K. v. Dep't of Human Serv.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0421

    Bureau of Hearings and Appeals erred in concluding that petitioner acted recklessly and committed child abuse in denying petitioner's request to expunge his indicated report of child abuse because petitioner tried to use a Safe Crisis Management approved upper torso restraint on minor but the restraint did not go as planned and there was no evidence that petitioner grossly deviated from what a reasonable person would have found acceptable under the same circumstances. Reversed.

  • In re: Passarelli Family Trust

    Publication Date: 2019-04-15
    Practice Area: Family Law | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0425

    Irrevocable trust was not procured by fraudulent misrepresentation due to co-settlor's failure to specifically describe each individual asset being contributed to the trust where identifying the corporation holding the assets was enough to identify the scope of assets. Order of the trial court reversed.

  • J. & S. O. v. C.H.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0426

    Automatic child custody standing statute for grandparents of a child with deceased parent did not violate due process or equal protection rights of surviving parent where the statute served compelling state interest of protecting and promoting child emotional well-being by ensuring continued long-standing and beneficial grandparent-child relationships. Order of the trial court affirmed.

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  • In re: Adoption of: B.G.W.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0394

    Trial court did not err in requiring physical contact between child and birth parent during post-adoption contact agreement visits where such interaction was implicitly contemplated by PACA as it was acceptable to the parties prior to the agreement and fostered agreement's goal of maintaining child's ongoing relationship with birth parent. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Carney v. Carney

    Publication Date: 2019-04-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Higgins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0305

    In this divorce proceeding, the court considered the tax consequences of the sale of the parties' business in making an equitable distribution award. The court also denied husband's request to terminate the alimony pendent lite award, because economic claims still remained in this case.

  • In the Interest of K.M.R. & J.L.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0311

    Clear and convincing evidence supported the termination of parental rights in this case, and the court did not err in failing to require the children to be present at the involuntary termination hearings.

  • Fagan v. Long

    Publication Date: 2019-04-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Higgins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0303

    Mother failed to meet her burden of establishing that her relocation to Montgomery County best served the interests of the parties' daughter where the relocation would alter the feasibility of preserving the girl's relationship with her father. The court denied mother's petition to relocate.

  • J.F. v. Dept. of Human Servs.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leavitt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0321

    Alleged perpetrator of child abuse entitled to evidentiary hearing despite being accepted into ARD on criminal charges of child endangerment where there was no adjudication of alleged facts in the criminal complaint or in the report of child abuse. Order of the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals reversed, case remanded.