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  • 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

  • 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.

  • In re: BEC

    Publication Date: 2021-04-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0316

    The court granted a petition to involuntarily terminate father's parental rights to make way for adoption where father had demonstrated a settled purpose to relinquish parental claim to his child and "utterly failed" to perform his parental duties for at least six months prior to the filing of the petition. The court granted a petition to terminate father's parental rights.

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  • MA v. JH

    Publication Date: 2020-12-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1310

    Plaintiff failed to prove that a child was unavailable as a witness, so the court rejected her motion to allow the child's hearsay statement to come into evidence.

  • In re: LRD

    Publication Date: 2020-12-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1301

    Mother and her husband established by clear and convincing evidence that biological father had evidenced a settled purpose of relinquishing parental claim to his daughter and that he failed or refused to perform parental duties for a period in excess of six months, warranting termination of his parental rights to make way for adoption. The court granted mother's petition.

  • TC v. JC

    Publication Date: 2020-11-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1199

    In addition to mother's failure to file a concise statement of errors, an interim child custody order was not appealable. Therefore, the court concluded the appeal should be dismissed.

  • Fenstamaker v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2020-10-26
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1085

    The court sustained defendants' preliminary objection and ordered the parties to participate in mandatory mediation, as required by a real estate sale agreement.

  • In re: M.D.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1007

    While father was vocal about his desire to maintain a place of importance in his son's life, he evidenced a settled purpose to relinquish parental claim to his son and failed to perform his parental duties for at least six months prior to the filing of a termination petition. The court granted a petition for involuntary termination of father's parental rights.