Legal Opinion

In re N.B.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 7, 2003PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the April 4, 2001 order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, which denied Appellant’s (“Mother”) motion to change counsel at an adjudicatory hearing held pursuant to a dependency petition filed under the Juvenile Act. For the following reasons, we quash.

¶ 2 The undisputed facts of the case have been aptly summarized by the lower court as follows:

Mother, father and child became known to the [Philadelphia] Department of Human Services (hereinafter DHS) on or about March 13, 2001, when St. Christopher’s Hospital kept the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Coopers & Lybrand v. LivesaySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Pugar v. GrecoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. In the Interest of DelSignoreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Pace v. Thomas Jefferson University HospitalSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Berkeyheiser v. A-Plus Investigations, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. In re Estate of CellaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  3. Takosky v. HenningSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  4. Walthour v. CHILD AND YOUTH SERVICESDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2010
  5. In the Interest of M.D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003

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