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  • Lynch v. Lynch

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0751

    Plaintiff's complaint seeking the partition of real property co-owned by the formerly married couple was premature where the complaint failed to allege that plaintiff complied with the terms of the marriage settlement agreement by first giving defendant an opportunity to purchase his interest. The court sustained defendant's preliminary objections in part.

  • E.A. v. E.C.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0856

    Grandparent could not invoke standing under Child Custody Law where parent who approved of grandparent's exercise of partial physical custody had since deceased, meaning there was no longer a present disagreement between parents regarding grandparent's involvement in their child's life. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Keeney v. Keeney

    Publication Date: 2021-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Johnson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0720

    While grandmother was willing to assume responsibility for mother's minor child, she lacked standing to file a complaint in custody where the evidence of record failed to demonstrate, inter alia, that grandmother stood in loco parentis to the child. The court sustained defendant's preliminary objections.

  • In the Interest of: A.M.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0822

    Trial court properly terminated parent's rights where child remained in foster care for at least 33 months and parent had no contact with child for at least six months prior to the termination hearing. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Jagnow v. Jagnow

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0826

    Trial court did not err in requiring wife to continue paying husband's estate from her single life pension if husband predeceased wife where the law did not treat retirement pensions from any other marital property subject to equitable distribution. Order of the trial court affirmed.

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  • In the Interest of S.D.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21-0770

    Mother and father filed single notices of appeal that listed two separate docket numbers, the termination of parental rights on the adoption docket and the change in permanency goal on the dependency docket and court found they failed to comply with rule 341 and quashed their appeals.

  • 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:
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    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 the Interest of G.M.K.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0731

    Agency appealed juvenile court's decision to return child to placement with maternal uncle after child had spent a great number of his formative years in an institutional setting and was discharged by treatment facility against medical advice and court found no abuse of discretion since certified record and expert opinion supported juvenile court's decision to place child with maternal uncle with agency's continued supervision. Affirmed.

  • Forsyth v. Holobinko

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0651

    The court denied father's request for discovery as to mother's employment records, but it permitted his request for discovery of mother's medical records relating to her medical marijuana prescription.