• Harris v. Kriner

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0749

    Plaintiffs sufficiently stated unjust enrichment and fraudulent transfer claims. The court deferred issues regarding the right to a jury trial until the pre-trial conference.

  • Force v. Zamora

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0748

    Petitioners demonstrated they had stepped into a parental role and discharged parental duties with respect to a minor child, so the court granted their petition to intervene in this custody action.

  • Zenter v. Brenner Car Credit, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Automotive | Retail
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0656

    The court overruled a preliminary objection regarding arbitration, because the agreement that was the subject of this dispute did not contain an arbitration clause.

  • Commonwealth v. Rinker

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0654

    The court granted the commonwealth's motion to dismiss a habeas corpus motion where defendant's prior attorney waived the remainder of a preliminary hearing, but the parties did not agree that defendant could file a future motion challenging the sufficiency of the evidence.

  • In re: Adoption of AS

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0647

    The minor child's great-grandmother and her husband demonstrated that both of the minor child's parents had evidenced a settled purpose of relinquishing parental claim to the child and that termination of their parental rights so as to allow for adoption was in the child's best interests. The court granted petitions for the involuntary termination of parental rights

  • In re: Adoption of HS

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0648

    The minor child's great aunt and uncle demonstrated that what was originally intended to be a temporary arrangement for custody evolved into a three-year situation and that both mother and father had evidenced a settled purpose of relinquishing parental claim to the child. The court granted petitions for the involuntary termination of parental rights

  • Commonwealth v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Butts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0652

    The commonwealth failed to meet its prima facie burden on the charge theft by receiving stolen property as the evidence of mere possession, without more, was insufficient to establish the charge of receiving stolen property. The court found in favor of defendant.

  • Forsyth v. Holobinko

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0651

    The court denied father's request for discovery as to mother's employment records, but it permitted his request for discovery of mother's medical records relating to her medical marijuana prescription.

  • In re: Adoption of OS

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0650

    The court granted a motion for the involuntary termination of parental rights where mother had asked relatives to temporarily take care of the child, but then failed to subsequently perform her parental duties.

  • In re: NR

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0649

    The court granted an agency's motion for termination of parental rights where the parents had both failed to perform their parental duties and no bond existed between them and the child.