In the past several months we have written a couple of times about the world of anonymous parentage and the conflict it has unintentionally ignited. In October we published “23
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The Sunday edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer presented a set of stories which are becoming common in a world where Americans can buy DNA kits at the drug store and
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Section 1983 Civil Rights Claim by Grandparents Arising from Dependency Action Permitted to Proceed
This is an action brought by grandparents against Westmoreland County concerning their grandchild. The County had initiated dependency proceedings involving the grandchild based upon allegations that the biological parents were
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Third Party Custody Standing: More from the Supremes
Two years ago the Pennsylvania Supreme Court weighed in on the matter of how third party standing was consistent with the fundamental right of parents to raise their children.
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Custody Standing Wars- Chapter 2
The leading case from last year in family law was the Supreme Court’s decision in D.P. v. G.J.P. 146 A.3d 204, holding that Pennsylvania’s grandparent custody statute offended principles of
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Custodial Ménage A Trois
This week we see a new case from a trial court on Long Island, which held that folks who adopt an open marriage that produces children might find the custody
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The Custody Case Where Everything Went Wrong.
Last Fall brought us a decision from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania holding that a grandparent did not have standing to terminate a Father’s parental rights incident to an adoption.
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Where Stated Goal Is Marriage, Adoption May Be Revoked
Just days before a separate panel of the Superior Court held that Pennsylvania courts may assume jurisdiction to dissolve civil unions, Judges Gantman, Bender and Panella issued a published opinion,
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SUPREME COURT DECIDES WHEN RULING ON STANDING IS APPEALABLE
In our haste to report on last week’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court case on support duties of non-parents, we overlooked another case decided on December 21, clarifying when an order conferring
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CAN GRANDPA BECOME PA? THE EVOLVING PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY
The recent Superior Court decision In re Adoption of M.R.D. and T.M.D. offers a new challenge in the context of who can be an adoptive parent. While in her
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