Legal Opinion
In Re Adoption of N.M.B.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 18, 2000No. 0079 W.D. Appeal Docket 1999PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NEWMAN, Justice.
In this matter we decide whether the courts below erred in refusing to decline jurisdiction to hear a Petition to Terminate Parental Rights of a biological father where he was paying child support pursuant to a previous custody, visitation and support order of a Texas court. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the decision of the Superior Court, vacate the order of the trial court, and relinquish jurisdiction to the courts of Texas.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
L.L. (Mother) and P.K.B. (Father) met in 1982 and began dating while Mother was a nurse and Father was a…
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