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  • In re: DD1

    Publication Date: 2020-12-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-1303

    Parents failed to make meaningful progress toward reunification with their children, so the court terminated their parental rights.

  • Adams v. Hasselman

    Publication Date: 2020-12-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
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    Case Number: 20-1300

    The court of common pleas opined that it did not err in failing to conduct a competency hearing to determine a minor child's competency to testify where pre-hearing exchanges with the child made it clear that the child lacked the maturity to answer questions accurately and truthfully and that the child could be easily influenced. The trial court recommended affirmance on appeal.

  • Kleinhans v. Doe

    Publication Date: 2020-11-23
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
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    Case Number: 20-1198

    The court sustained a preliminary objection to plaintiff's claim for unfair trade practices, but plaintiff adequately stated claims for breach of contract and bad faith by an insurer.

  • Millhouse v. Rajjoub

    Publication Date: 2020-11-02
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
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    Case Number: 20-1093

    Plaintiff failed to show good cause for failing to file a certificate of merit in this medical malpractice action. The court denied plaintiff's motion for waiver of the requirement and it refused to grant an additional extension of time.

  • Walther v. Walther

    Publication Date: 2020-11-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
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    Case Number: 20-1095

    In this custody modification matter, evidence of electronic communications was properly authenticated. The court denied mother's motion for a new trial.

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  • Snyder v. Snyder

    Publication Date: 2020-11-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
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    Case Number: 20-1094

    The court ordered husband to reimburse wife for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the sale of the marital residence, and it required the parties to equally split certain repair costs.

  • MA v. JH

    Publication Date: 2020-10-26
    Practice Area: Evidence
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
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    Case Number: 20-1044

    The court found a child was incompetent to testify due to lack of maturity, so the child's hearsay statement could not be admitted into evidence.

  • Frye v. Frye

    Publication Date: 2020-10-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
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    Case Number: 20-1008

    The court denied husband's petition to set aside a property settlement agreement where husband had failed to read the entire document, because he failed to meet his burden of demonstrating fraud, duress or other type of wrongdoing.

  • Muffley v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2020-10-12
    Practice Area: Education Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
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    Case Number: 20-1012

    The court was sympathetic to the plight of two children who had lost their parents, but was unable to direct that they continue attending school in the district where they lived with their stepmother before moving to another district after tragedy also befell the stepmother. The court denied plaintiffs' petition for special relief.

  • Rand Lepley Building Contractor, Inc. v. Woodruff

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
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    Case Number: 20-1045

    The claimant contractor could not maintain a mechanic's lien action against the defendant homeowners where the contractor had executed a stipulation against liens wherein it waived all claims for liens against the homeowners. The court granted defendants' motion to strike the mechanic's lien suit.