The state Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case involving whether parental rights should be terminated under the state Adoption Act of 1980 when a pathological bond exists between a child and a parent.

In January, a three-judge state Superior Court panel ruled 2-1 to affirm a ruling by Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Orphans’ Court Division Judge John T. McVay Jr., adopting McVay’s opinion and reasoning in full.

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