Pennsylvania Adoption Court Cases

Pennsylvania Court Case: Adoption of J.J.
The circumstances surrounding this case are set forth as follows. On December 19, 1979, James J. was born out of wedlock to Marie J. and allegedly fathered by Appellee. On December 31, 1979, protective custody was awarded to Appellant when Marie was involuntarily committed to Haverford State Hospital. Marie's parental rights were terminated on December 15, 1980, on grounds of incapacity to perform parental duties...


Pennsylvania Court Case: Adoption of Faith M.
Applying this standard to the record before us, we conclude that the decree terminating Appellee's parental rights was proper. The Superior Court correctly set forth the proper standard of review in reversing the Orphans' Court; however, the court failed to properly apply the standard. Instead, the Superior Court made an independent determination of the facts as it perceived them from the record...


Pennsylvania Court Case: In re Baby Boy A.
Appellant C.S.R. appeals by allowance a per curiam order of a Superior Court panel. The panel vacated the order of the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas and remanded the case with directions to enter a decree terminating appellant's parental rights. On December 30, 1980, Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Inc...


Pennsylvania Court Case: Adoption of C.A.E.
This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court which reversed a decree of the Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of York County. Appellee's parental rights to her son, C.A.E., n1 were terminated following the Orphans' Court's determination that Appellant York County Children and Youth Services (hereinafter YCCS) had shown by clear and convincing evidence that the factors listed in 23 Pa.C.S. § 2511 were present in this case and that Appellee was incapable of caring for her son...


Pennsylvania Court Case: In re E.M.
This is an appeal, by allowance, from an order of the Superior Court, 401 Pa.Super. 129, 584 A.2d 1014, which affirmed a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County ordering an involuntary termination of parental rights under the Adoption Act, 23 Pa.C.S. § 2511. The appellant, Elizabeth M., is the natural mother of two boys, Louis C. and Erick C., ages seven and nine respectively...


Pennsylvania Court Case: Youth Services v. Cunningham
In spite of the disapproval of CYS, the Cunninghams filed reports of intention to adopt both children. CYS filed preliminary objections based on the Cunninghams' lack of standing. The Cunninghams argued that CYS unreasonably withheld its consent and that a hearing would be necessary to assess the reasonableness of CYS's lack of consent. The trial court overruled CYS's preliminary objections, certifying that an immediate...


Pennsylvania Court Case: In re M.B.
M.B. was born on May 1, 1982, to P.B. and G.B. and is the youngest of three children. P.B., the mother, was diagnosed as mildly mentally retarded and G.B., the father, was diagnosed as borderline intellectual functioning. In 1984, the parents had difficulty providing appropriate care for their three children despite help from social services and community agencies. M.B. was removed from their custody in...


Pennsylvania Court Case: Adoption of Atencio
This appeal raises the issue of whether the Superior Court applied an incorrect standard of review when it vacated the Final Decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County which denied Appellees' Petition for Involuntary Termination of Appellant's parental rights. Appellant, Dante E. Atencio, and Appellee, Barbara J. Landis, were married in September 1975, and lived in California with their two children...


Pennsylvania Court Case: B.A. v. D. & C.
The issue raised in this case is whether prospective adoptive parents, who have had the child in their care and custody for nine or ten months following her birth, may intervene in a custody proceeding brought by the child's natural father, who is seeking custody of the child, when the natural mother has placed the child in the prospective adoptive parents' custody and favors their adoption of the child. The child, M, was born out of wedlock on January 4, 1996. Her parents, E and A, were school children aged sixteen and eighteen respectively...


Pennsylvania Court Case: C.B. v. Public Welfare
On August 6, 1989, DHS placed R.R.M. in the foster care of appellees under the supervision of DHS's Counseling and Care Services. Shortly after placement, R.R.M. had an episode where he stopped breathing and, as a result, he was hospitalized for nine days. R.R.M. returned to appellees' home on an apnea monitor for which appellees received training. After approximately one month with appellees, DHS returned...


Pennsylvania Court Case: Adoption of R.B.F.
The appellants in the case of In re: Adoption of C.C.G. and Z.C.G., both male, are involved in an intimate relationship and have been domestic partners since 1982. On October 24, 1991, Appellant J.J.G. adopted C.C.G. He adopted his second child, Z.C.G. on April 21, 1999. After the children were adopted, Appellant J.J.G. and his partner, Appellant J.C.G., lived together with the children as a family...


Pennsylvania Court Case: K.N. v. Cades
The child was born on January 21, 1981. Her mother was, and still is, an unmarried, sixteen-year-old high school student, living in her parents' home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Before the child's birth, the mother, in response to her parents' urging, agreed to give the child up for adoption. Arrangements for placement of the child with appellants were made by private intermediaries...

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