Legal Opinion
In re Adoption of B.A.B.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 23, 1987No. 100 W.D. Appeal Docket 1986PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
The question now before us is the propriety of the orphans’ court’s sua sponte reduction of a fee charged for the performance of intermediary services in furtherance of an adoption. The orphans’ court en banc unanimously held that the charges for services in connection with the adoption in this case were excessive, and thus, reduced the fee. A three-judge panel of Superior Court reversed, 352 Pa.Super. 444, 508 A.2d 556.
The pertinent facts are as follows:1 the adoptive parents, who are residents of Allegheny County, learned through relatives of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LaneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Wallis EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- In Re Reed EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Gorden v. CutlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- In Re Baby Girl D.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
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