Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Ortiz, T.

*257 The question presented in this appeal concerns whether the criminal offense of interference with custody of children, committed by a biological parent, can serve as a predicate felony giving rise to the crime of kidnapping of a minor.

In the relevant time period, Appellee was the single father of a two-and-one-half-year-old daughter, J.O., with whom he resided in Allegheny County. In December 2015, the child's maternal grandmother secured interim primary legal and physical custody of J.O. in a judicial proceeding at which Appellee failed to appear. The grandmother and others made various…