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  • In re: K.A.B.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20041 of 2023, O.C.-A.

    Petitioner sought involuntary termination of parental rights of respondent natural parents in a dependency action. The court granted the petition, holding that involuntary termination of parental rights was warranted where petitioner offered evidence of, and the record demonstrated, mother's and father's lack of interest regarding their minor child, their noncompliance with permanency plans, their failure to attend drug screening, and their failure to attend dependency action hearings.

  • Troutman v. Troutman

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
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    Case Number: 10101 OF 2021, C.A.

    The trial court issued its ruling on May 9, 2024, following a hearing on the parties' exceptions to the master's recommendation of Dec. 12, 2022, on the equitable distribution and economic claims in the parties' divorce. The court found a 2020 tax refund to be marital property. IRS-issued stimulus checks received by defendant based on a formula determined by Congress after the separation were not marital property. The court found that a check from Verizon for damage done to the marital residence during the marriage was marital proper

  • Vrankovich v. Vrankovich

    Publication Date: 2024-07-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
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    Case Number: 11114 OF 2017, C.A.

    The court issued an order making equitable distribution of marital assets.

  • In re J.J.T.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
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    Case Number: CP-37-JV-84-2023

    Commonwealth failed to sustain its burden of demonstrating that a firearm was lawfully seized. Motion to suppress granted.

  • In re: G.J.Z.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
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    Case Number: 20007 OF 2023, O.C.-A.

    Petitioner sought involuntary termination of parental rights regarding his nephew, a minor child. The court denied the petition where mother and father exhibited a consistent desire to maintain their parental claim, successfully participated in ongoing drug rehabilitation, and were blocked from access to minor child by petitioner after petitioner was awarded physical and legal custody.

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  • In the Interest of A.H

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
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    Case Number: 14 of 2021,D.P.

    Petitioner Lawrence County Children and Youth Services filed a petition for the involuntary termination of parental rights of the natural mother and natural father of A.H. Mother voluntarily relinquished her parental rights. The court denied the petition as to the father, finding petitioner failed to prove the statutory grounds for involuntary termination of father's parental rights father.

  • Richardson v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20037 OF 2022,O.C.-A.

    Petitioners, child's natural mother and her husband, sought involuntary termination of respondent natural father's parental rights. The court granted the petition where father had made no meaningful effort to be involved with child since 2016 and termination of parental rights was in the child's best interest.

  • In the Interest of: Z.J.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    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.

  • In the Interest of: P.L.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 74 OF 2018, D.P.

    Petitioner sought involuntary termination of an incarcerated natural father's parental rights and a goal change. The court denied the petition and motion.