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  • In re: Adoption of: M.E.L.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 109 MAP 2022

    Child's biological father challenged termination of his parental rights where child's mother failed to demonstrate "cause shown" to excuse the requirement that she relinquish her parental rights prior to the child's adoption by her long-term partner. The court remanded for further proceedings after addressing the analytical framework governing a party's demonstration of cause to permit an adoption by a parent's long-term partner who is not the parent's spouse.

  • In re JM

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2022-6826

    A county children and youth services agency petitioned for involuntary termination of a mother's and father's parental rights regarding their minor child. The court granted the petition.

  • Schrader v. Dist. Attorney of York County

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-2037

    District court did not abuse its discretion by granting the preliminary injunction as far as it let grandmother publish the Facebook documents, in case where grandmother sought an injunction to protect her from prosecution when she shared child abuse documents that had been posted on Facebook, but she lacked standing as to her request relating to documents she might acquire in the future. Vacated and remanded for a narrower injunction.

  • In the Interest of: Z.J.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 37 of 2020 DP

    In a case addressing the termination of parental rights, Children and Youth Services provided sufficient evidence that parents made little progress in meeting the objectives set forth in their permanency plans. Petition for involuntary termination of parental rights granted.

  • In the Interest of: G.J.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 36 of 2020 DP

    In a case addressing the termination of parental rights, Children and Youth Services provided sufficient evidence that parents made little progress in meeting the objectives set forth in their permanency plans. Petition for involuntary termination of parental rights granted.

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  • Caldarado v. Caldarado

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 10217 OF 2023,C.A.

    Court granted plaintiff's petition for exclusive possession of the marital residence and ordered plaintiff to pay defendant for her equity in the marital property.

  • In re: RRL

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2022-6841

    Court granted Children and Youth Services' petition for involuntary termination of father's and mother's parental rights and held that the child's welfare would be promoted by adoption.

  • In re: PDL

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2023-6847

    Court granted Children and Youth Services' petition for involuntary termination of father's and mother's parental rights and held that the child's welfare would be promoted by adoption.

  • In the Interest of: K.T.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 37 WAP 2022

    Trial courts were to consider child's need for permanency and stability equally and should also consider intangibles such as the parent-child bond, including whether the bond was necessary and beneficial for a child and whether its severance would cause extreme, irreparable harm to a child. Order of the superior court vacated, case remanded.

  • In the Interest of H.H.N.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Nichols
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 3024 EDA 2022

    Mother moved to vacate the decrees terminating her parental rights and court found trial court committed an error of law and abused its discretion in dismissing children's TPR counsel from the November 2022 hearing and deprived children of their statutory right to counsel. Decrees vacated.