• In re K.T.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023-6872

    Children and Youth Services petitioned for involuntary termination of father's parental rights. Petition granted.

  • Commonwealth v. Lakes

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CR-595-2022

    Defendant moved to suppress his statements to police and for dismissal of an information due to excessive and prejudicial delay in his arrest. The court denied the motion to suppress where defendant's statements to police were made knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily after defendant chose to waive his Miranda rights. The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss without prejudice to his raising the issue at trial if he could demonstrate actual prejudice due to Commonwealth's eight-year delay in bringing charges.

  • In re: TJCH

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    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.

  • Commonwealth v. Poust

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CR-1399-2022

    Commonwealth filed a motion in limine to exclude a defense witness's testimony regarding an alleged sex crime victim's prior false accusation. The court granted the motion.

  • In re JM

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022-6826

    A county children and youth services agency petitioned for involuntary termination of a mother's and father's parental rights regarding their minor child. The court granted the petition.

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  • In re: RRL

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022-6841

    Court granted Children and Youth Services' petition for involuntary termination of father's and mother's parental rights and held that the child's welfare would be promoted by adoption.

  • In re: PDL

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023-6847

    Court granted Children and Youth Services' petition for involuntary termination of father's and mother's parental rights and held that the child's welfare would be promoted by adoption.

  • In Re: JAR

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

    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:
    for defendant:

    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.

  • In re LS

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022-6821

    The court terminated mother and father's parental rights, finding that clear and convincing evidence existed under 23 Pa.C.S. §2511(a)(1), (2), (5), and (8) due to the parents' relinquishment of parental duties, failure to make progress in the court-ordered plans, and failure to remedy their incapacities.