Legal Opinion

In re E.S.M.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 26, 1993No. 300PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from the decree entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County which denied Appellants’ petition to terminate the parental rights of Appellee, the natural father of E.S.M. Appellants, Gregory and Barbara Hutchins, wish to adopt E.S.M., and the child’s natural mother also desires the adoption to occur. Upon review of the record, we reverse the decision below and remand for entry of an order terminating Appellee’s parental rights.

Instantly, the court below found that Appellants failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that Appellee demonstrated…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. In Re Adoption of JJSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Matter of Adoption of David C.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. In Re Adoption of OrwickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. In the Interest of CoastSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. In re D. J. Y.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. In re C.M.S.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  2. In re K.C.W.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  3. T.J.B. v. E.C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. ArnoldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  5. T.J.B. v. E.C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995

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