Legal Opinion
In Re Adoption of A.S.H.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 22, 1996No. 03617PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OLSZEWSKI, Judge:
On March 2, 1991, A.S.H. (Alexa) was born to a drug-addicted single mother and an alcohol-addicted single father. On July 5, 1991, the Chester County Department of Children, Youth and Families (CYF) took custody of Alexa, and then immediately placed the child in foster care with appellants William and Debi Fell. 1 Over the next two and one-half years, Alexa lived with the Fells. During that time, her natural parents’ rights were terminated.
Between 1992 and 1994, a number of Alexa’s extended biological family members were considered as adoption resources, but all of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Stapleton v. Dauphin County Child Care ServiceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- McMillen v. McMillenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- In Re DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Grimes v. YackSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Mumma v. MummaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- In Re BLLSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
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