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  • In the Interest of: J.P., a minor

    Publication Date: 2018-02-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0137

    Foster parent lacked standing to intervene in dependency hearing, after being decertified as a foster parent and failing to take any steps toward adoption, but was merely entitled to notice of hearing and an opportunity to be heard. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • In re: Adoption of J.N.M.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Strassburger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0101

    The trial court did not err in terminating mothers parental rights where mother and her two children had an undisputed bond, but the record supported the conclusion that the bond was unhealthy given mothers mental health problems, continued drug use and ongoing criminal problems. The appellate court affirmed an order terminating mothers parental rights.

  • In re: M.R.F., III

    Publication Date: 2018-01-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0010

    Petitioners, the foster care parents of a minor child, had no standing to intervene in this dependency proceeding where the goal of reunification with mother was never changed and mother never consented to her childs permanent placement with petitioners. The court denied petitioners motion to intervene.

  • In the Interest of: L.B., a minor

    Publication Date: 2018-01-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Moulton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0067

    Mothers prenatal drug abuse could serve as predicate act of child abuse if proven that drug use intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly caused or created reasonable likelihood of bodily injury to unborn child once born. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • DeCesare v. Decesare

    Publication Date: 2018-01-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0009

    Married parties entered into an enforceable contract to repay funds they borrowed from their minor childs account, but the parties past practices indicated that they always used marital funds, not separate assets, to repay such debts. The court released funds held in escrow from the sale of husbands pre-marital residence, because the agreement to repay funds to the trust account was a marital obligation.

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  • WS v. CH

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas
    Judge: Judge Butts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1879

    A defendant subject to a Protection from Abuse order was guilty of indirect criminal contempt where he was aware that a firearm was stored in an outbuilding to which he had access.

  • S.N.M v. M.F.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1819

    Trial court abused its discretion in ordering genetic testing and finding that father was not childs biological father because father had signed an acknowledgment of paternity as part of a custody agreement that was made an order of the court, 23 Pa.C.S. §5103(a), (d) and (g) governed and established the childs paternity in these circumstances and it could no longer be challenged and father was childs legal father. Reversed.

  • In Re: A.S.D.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bender
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1807

    Trial court erred in denying a name change petition filed by transgendered person, where petitioner had met statutory prerequisites for name change. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.

  • In re TS

    Publication Date: 2017-12-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1784

    The court terminated an incarcerated fathers parental rights where he failed to perform his parental duties for a period of at least six months prior to the filing of the petition.

  • Qarmout v. Qarmout

    Publication Date: 2017-11-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Johnson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1722

    Defendant was not entitled to relief on her untimely petition to open a confessed judgment on a mortgage and guarantee, despite her alleged misunderstanding of the joint obligation and disappointment in her ex-husbands failure to make payments on the obligation. The court denied defendants petition to open a confessed judgement.