A child was properly deemed dependent where the boyfriend of the child’s mother made sexual advances toward the child’s sibling, and not believing the sibling’s account of the incident, the mother took no action and permitted her boyfriend to remain in contact with the children, the Superior Court has ruled.
On appeal, the mother in In re E.B., PICS Case No. 06-0617 (Pa. Super. May 3, 2006) Tamilia, S.J. (16 pages), asserted that the trial court’s adjudication conflicted with her constitutional right to privacy. The court agreed that the mother’s right of privacy was implicated, but determined that the state possessed a greater interest in protecting the health and safety of the child, E.B.
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