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  • H.S. v. H.B.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-1010

    Mother's challenge to an order denying her petition for a protection from abuse order actually was a challenge to the weight of the evidence, which warranted no relief where the court heard all relevant testimony and found that mother failed to satisfy her burden of proof. The court recommended affirmance.

  • M.A. v. J.R.H.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-12
    Practice Area: Evidence
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
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    Case Number: 20-1011

    The minor child's statement to her mother, which potentially described an incident of indecent assault by her father, was not admissible under the Tender Years Hearsay Act as there was no evidence that the child was unavailable to testify due to serious emotional distress that would impair her ability to reasonably communicate with the court. The court denied mother's petition.

  • AL v. DD

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
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    Case Number: 20-0923

    Plaintiff failed to establish that an award of attorney fees was improper in this contempt matter, so the court concluded the appeal should be dismissed.

  • In re: PRGB

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-0653

    Father failed to perform his parental duties and demonstrated a settled purpose to relinquish his parental claims, so the court terminated his parental rights.

  • In re: JDS, II

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
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    Case Number: 20-0652

    Mother established that father's parental rights should be involuntarily terminated pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. §2511(a)(1) where father demonstrated a settled purpose to relinquish parental claim to his son and failed to perform parental duties for at least six months prior to the filing of the termination petition. The court granted a petition to terminate father's parental rights.

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  • SBB v. JEB-S

    Publication Date: 2019-11-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
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    Case Number: 19-1276

    The court was unable to properly ascertain and address mother's issues complained of on appeal in this custody matter, which was designated a children's fast track appeal, where she failed to file her concise statement of matters complained of on appeal simultaneously with her notice of appeal. The court recommended affirmance.

  • In re: Adoption of TM

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 19-1274

    Mother failed to made an affirmative effort to perform her parental duties, so the court terminated her parental rights to allow stepmother to adopt the child.

  • In re: PJH

    Publication Date: 2019-09-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 19-0858

    Father failed to meet his affirmative duty to be part of his minor son's life and demonstrated a settled purpose to relinquish his parental rights, warranting the relief sought in mother and husband's petition for involuntary termination of father's parental rights. The court granted mother and husband's petition.

  • SBB v. JEB-S

    Publication Date: 2019-08-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0927

    The court chose not to modify the parties' shared custody arrangement during father's 28-week absence to attend the police academy given stepmother's ability to provide childcare and, more importantly, the child's need for stability and consistency during her father's absence. The court granted father's petition.

  • RP v. KF

    Publication Date: 2019-08-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0861

    In this custody modification matter, the court did not abuse its discretion in denying mother's requests regard childcare arrangements and school district designation. Rather, the court's decisions were based on the child's best interest.