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  • In the Interest of: A.R.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 1510 EDA 2023

    In consolidated cases, mother appealed the trial court's order involuntarily terminating her parental rights to her daughter and changing child's permanency goal to adoption. The court affirmed, holding that intellectually disabled mother suffered no equal protection violation where the trial court terminated parental rights based on her inability to meet child's needs, rather than her intellectual capacity.

  • Moyer v. Shaffer

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 422 MDA 2023

    Trial court erred in dismissing appellant's second protection from abuse petition after appellant's first PFA petition was dismissed without prejudice because res judicata and collateral estoppel did not apply to bar her from raising the same claims in her second petition and an evidentiary hearing was mandatory. Vacated and remanded.

  • In the Interest of: S.A.S.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 504 EDA 2023

    Trial court abused its discretion in dismissing dependency petition after finding that child did not experience substantial pain despite suffering multiple fractures and where parents failed to establish alternate explanations of injury after DHS established a prima facie case. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • In re: TJCH

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
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    Case Number: 2023-6861

    Petitioner sought involuntary termination of biological parents' parental rights as a prerequisite to adopting their child. The court granted involuntary termination of parental rights where father had undertaken no involvement in the child's life and mother had taken no responsibility for the child's needs and welfare.

  • In the Interest of K.M.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
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    Case Number: 159 WDA 2023

    Trial court properly granted guardian ad litem's motion and found agency failed to put forth reasonable efforts to prevent K.M.'s removal from his home as required by 42 Pa.C.S.A. §6351(b), trial court's decision was supported by competent evidence in the record and showed agency's monumental failures. Affirmed.

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  • J.C.D. v. A.L.R.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Brobson
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    Case Number: 13 MAP 2023

    Parents could not immediately appeal trial court order determining that grandparents had standing to pursue partial custody of parents' children where parents' fundamental rights would not be irreparably harmed or lost in the absence of immediate appellate review since appellate courts could review the issue of standing on appeal from a final custody order. Order of the superior court affirmed.

  • Graves v. Cohen

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Kearney
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    Case Number: 23-3853

    Court considered pro se plaintiff's in forma pauperis complaint asserting the family court, a judge, and court officers violated her Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights in child support obligation dispute and asked child's father be charged with kidnapping and court found her claims against court and judge were barred by immunity and she failed to plead sufficient facts to state a claim against other defendants. Complaint dismissed.

  • Lopresti v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2023-10-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Freeman
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    Case Number: 22-1435

    Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of his complaint.

  • In re: MRM

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
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    Case Number: 2023-A9031

    A father appealed the court's involuntary termination of his parental rights. The court determined that the Children and Youth Social Services Agency met their burden of demonstrating clear and convincing evidence in support of the termination and, pursuant to Pa.R.App.P. 1925(a), filed an opinion in support of its ruling.

  • Shell v. Shell

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Pellegrini
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    Case Number: 442 EDA 2023

    Trial court properly found that grounds for divorce were not established under 23 Pa. C.S. §3323(g)(3) because no affidavit was ever filed, wife's verification attached to the divorce complaint did not satisfy the affidavit requirement and administrator of decedent husband's estate's reliance on estoppel failed. Affirmed.