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  • In the Interest of: K.T.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 37 WAP 2022

    Trial courts were to consider child's need for permanency and stability equally and should also consider intangibles such as the parent-child bond, including whether the bond was necessary and beneficial for a child and whether its severance would cause extreme, irreparable harm to a child. Order of the superior court vacated, case remanded.

  • In the Interest of H.H.N.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Nichols
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 3024 EDA 2022

    Mother moved to vacate the decrees terminating her parental rights and court found trial court committed an error of law and abused its discretion in dismissing children's TPR counsel from the November 2022 hearing and deprived children of their statutory right to counsel. Decrees vacated.

  • In the Interest of: P.L.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 74 OF 2018, D.P.

    Petitioner sought involuntary termination of an incarcerated natural father's parental rights and a goal change. The court denied the petition and motion.

  • White v. Malecki

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 1548 MDA 2022

    Trial court properly awarded father primary custody and granted father's request to relocate child to his home in Germany but abused its discretion in obligating mother to pay for nearly all of child's transportation costs in order to exercise her partial custody. Affirmed in part and vacated in part.

  • In the Interest of: J.B.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
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    Case Number: 3020 EDA 2022

    Trial court abused discretion in denying change of permanency goal to adoption where parents had made only partial progress on reunification goals after more than three years, such that adoption would serve the children's interest in stability and permanency in their lives. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

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  • Smedley v. Smedley

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: A06-17-60541-ERY-37

    Husband appealed the court's order denying his petitions to modify and terminate alimony. The court recommended that the appeal be dismissed.

  • In Re: JAR

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 2022-6823

    The court determined that there was no clear and convincing evidence to show a father had a settled purpose of relinquishing his parental claim in the six months preceding the petition for involuntary termination of parental rights.

  • In Re: J.S.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 2022-6805

    The court concluded that petitioners, the child's mother and stepfather, provided clear and convincing evidence to support termination of the father's parental rights on the facts presented.

  • Nohe v. Nohe

    Publication Date: 2023-05-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Rubenstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A06-2021-60451-A-37

    The court affirmed its decision to grant petitioner's request for Protection From Abuse from his elderly father on the basis that the record demonstrated a violent history.

  • Kilkenny v. Kilkenny

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: A06-12-61169-C

    Mother appealed the court's orders authorizing the prescription and administration of an injection as part of a minor child's gender transition, and its order directing that she undergo a previously-ordered psychiatric evaluation as a prerequisite to a custody evaluation. The court recommended that its orders be affirmed.