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  • H.Z. v. M.B.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 19-0208

    Trial court erred in finding that appellant was child's father where there were several allegedly inconsistent genetic tests and trial court made its ruling after continuing the hearing because entering an order before hearing all of the evidence was an abuse of discretion. Va-cated.

  • Commonwealth v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2019-02-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 19-0204

    Appellant not entitled to PCRA relief where his sentence was less than the maximum allowable sentence and where appellant had waived his Rule 600 claim by entering a guilty plea prior to disposition of his motion. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.

  • In re Adoption of C.J.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 19-0205

    Orphans' court correctly denied mother's petition to involuntarily terminate father's parental rights because the adoption act required a court to focus on the six months preceding the filing of the involuntary termination petition and the record was clear that, in that time, father did everything in his power to reestablish a relationship with the child. Affirmed.

  • Jacobs v. Stephens

    Publication Date: 2019-02-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 19-0206

    Trial court properly held that husband and plaintiff owned a house as tenants in common and directed partition of the property because both parties executed the tenancy by entirety deed under the honest but mistaken assumption that husband's prior marriage was invalid and they intended to convey some interest in the property to plaintiff but trial court erred in combining that decision with calculations as to val-ues of the parties' respective ownership rights. Judgement vacated and remanded.

  • Dumas v. Brooks

    Publication Date: 2019-01-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 19-0059

    Trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter a reconsidered child support order when the order granting reconsideration was received by the prothonotary within the 30-day appeal period and the trial court failed to either issue a reconsidered decision or order additional testimony within 120 days of the receipt of the order by the prothonotary. Order of the trial court vacated.

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  • Commonwealth v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2019-01-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 19-0055

    The trial court committed a clear error of law in analyzing a traffic stop and concluding that the stop was unlawful due to what it believed was the arresting officer's subjective motivation for stopping defendant's vehicle. The appellate court reversed a trial court order granting suppression of evidence.

  • Estate of Young v. Louis

    Publication Date: 2019-01-22
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 19-0068

    Trial court properly granted summary judgment to attorneys in nephew's action asserting attorneys caused the frustration of decedent's testamentary intent to leave all his assets to nephew because under Agnew v. Ross, 152 A.3d 247, nephew lacked standing to sue decedent's attorneys for malpractice based on an unexecuted trust and Agnew prohibited use of intrinsic evidence to establish third-party standing to bring a legal malpractice action. Affirmed.

  • In re: Ins. Trust Agreement of Sawders

    Publication Date: 2019-01-08
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 18-1595

    Orphans' court correctly concluded charitable trust was not entitled to payment from settlor's insurance trust where charitable trust's right to payment would not vest until the death of the named surviving beneficiaries. Order of the orphans' court affirmed in part and reversed in part.

  • Commonwealth v. McCullough

    Publication Date: 2019-01-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Judges
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 18-1586

    Recusal motion judged erred in declaring trial judge incompetent to testify despite allegations underlying motion concerning ex parte communications from trial judge and in allowing defendant's former counsel to seek a complete waiver of attorney-client privilege. Order reversed, case remanded.

  • Brubaker v. Brubaker

    Publication Date: 2019-01-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 18-1581

    The trial court acted within its discretion in relying on the value of husband's initial contribution to a real estate project, as agreed upon the contributing partners, in evaluating this marital asset and finding that wife was entitled to compensation for her contribution during the pre-separation phase of the project. The appellate court affirmed.