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  • In re: JS

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0830

    The court granted a petition for the involuntary termination of mother's parental rights where she failed to follow through with her requirements for the reunification plan.

  • In the Interest of S.K.L.R.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Baer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-1000

    Superior court erred in reversing trial court's denial of termination of mother's parental rights because superior court exceeded its standard of review and erred in substituting its judgment for that of the trial court. Vacated.

  • Eck v. Eck

    Publication Date: 2021-08-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0803

    Paternal aunt lacked standing to intervene in this child custody proceeding, because she did not demonstrate sustained contact with the child.

  • In re: Adoption of CL

    Publication Date: 2021-08-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0801

    Petitioners satisfied the requirements of 23 Pa.C.S. §2511(a)(1) with clear and convincing evidence that father had evidenced a settled purpose to relinquish his parental claim to his minor child and failed to perform his parental duties for a period well in excess of six months prior. The court granted a petition for involuntary termination.

  • Moyer v. Leone

    Publication Date: 2021-08-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0936

    Trial court erred in awarding parent counsel fees in child custody matter where it failed to articulate specific facts as to how other parent engaged in bad faith, vexatious, or repetitive conduct for filing multiple petitions for special relief, as each petition sought specific relief and several had been granted in the filing parent's favor. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

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  • Kaur v. Singh

    Publication Date: 2021-08-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0934

    PFA order restricting defendant from attending plaintiff's house of worship when plaintiff was present did not constitute unlawful restriction on defendant's exercise of religion where defendant could attend other temples of his religion and restricting defendant from attending a specific temple when plaintiff was present was reasonably tailored to protect plaintiff. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • In the Interest of N.B.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Nichols
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0921

    Bucks County Children and Youth Social Services appealed a dependency review order requiring it to pay for the costs of a Soberlink alcohol monitoring device for child's father and court found order was appealable but CYS waived its issues by failing to object before the trial court. Affirmed.

  • Farley v. Dorsey-Hurtt

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0746

    Plaintiff's marriage to defendant was both void and voidable where she had an existing spouse at the time she married defendant, she lacked the capacity to consent to the marriage and she was induced into marrying defendant by fraudulent actions. The granted plaintiff's petition for an annulment.

  • Force v. Zamora

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0748

    Petitioners demonstrated they had stepped into a parental role and discharged parental duties with respect to a minor child, so the court granted their petition to intervene in this custody action.

  • In re: Adoption of: C.M.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0878

    Trial court erred in involuntarily terminating father's parental rights where record showed father made substantial efforts to exercise parental duties in the six months prior to the termination petition. Order of the superior court affirmed.