In Re the Adoption of A.M.B.

¶ 1 I cannot join the majority’s conclusion that the Orphans’ court did not err when it involuntarily terminated Mother’s parental rights rather than permitting Mother to voluntarily relinquish her parental rights. I believe that we are bound by our prior holding in In re Adoption of A.J.B., 797 A.2d 264, 2002 PA Super 67, ¶ 5 (2002). In Adoption of A.J.B., this Court addressed a similar situation involving OCY’s refusal to consent to a voluntary relinquishment petition, and concluded that the Orphans’ court properly denied OCY’s motion to dismiss mother’s voluntary relinquishment petition…