• C.L. v. M.P.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0761

    The trial court did not err in appointing a guardian ad litem and allowing the guardian access to the parties' mental health records where they knew or should have known their mental health would be at issue and the records were to be disseminated only to the guardian for a determination of the effect of the party's mental health upon thechild's best interests. The superior court affirmed.

  • In re: PRGB

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    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.

  • Lancaster County Children & Youth Soc. Servs. Agency v. Dep't of Human Servs.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Brobson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0731

    Department of Human Services erred in expunging indicated report of child abuse where statements to police officer were admissible under excited utterance exception to hearsay rule and constituted substantial evidence that parent was alone with child when parent overdosed on heroin. Order of the department of human services reversed.

  • In re: JDS, II

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    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.

  • O.G. v. A.B.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0710

    Mother challenged trial court's award of shared legal and physical custody of the parties' children and court found trial court's findings concerning the §5328(a) factors were supported by the record and trial court properly ordered that neither parent could take the children out of the United States without written consent of other parent but court remanded for trial court to determine if its restriction on the renewal of the children's Russian passports would affect their status as dual citizens and trial court entered custody order

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  • Denelle v. Denelle

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Motto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0570

    Defendant was not obligated to pay child support based on an acknowledgment of paternity allegedly bearing her name where the county failed to refute defendant's credible testimony that she did not sign the acknowledgment and the parties had agreed that defendant would not be financially responsible for the child, who was not her biological offspring. The court dismissed plaintiff's complaint for child support.

  • Weber v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2020-06-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Higgins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0567

    The court modified custody to provide for a gradual transition of legal and physical custody of a minor child from maternal grandmother to parents.

  • Lewis v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2020-06-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0682

    Trial court had grounds to invalidate post-nuptial settlement agreement on grounds of divorce where evidence demonstrated husband's history of physical and emotional abuse, wife's fragile emotional state at the time husband had her execute the agreement, and the lack of opportunity for wife to consult with counsel. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • S.G. v. R.G.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0647

    Appellant argued second judge erred in holding a full evidentiary hearing and in not applying the law of the case doctrine in PFA hearing and court found the law of the case doctrine did not apply because first judge recused herself and made no judicial determination but merely granted the parties' request to include the terms of their agreement in her order continuing the proceedings and governing authority required second judge to conduct a hearing on the underlying merits of the PFA petition. Affirmed.

  • In the Interest of: G.E.W.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0638

    Evidence sufficient to adjudicate defendant delinquent for sexual abuse of children where investigating detective testified as to cybertip that explained the means by which defendant committed the abuse and included excerpts of online conversations in which defendant discussed her conduct in real time. Dispositional order affirmed.