Legal Opinion

In re A.T.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 27, 2013Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

OTT, J.

The Philadelphia Department of Human Services (“DHS”) appeals from the order in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County that directed DHS to provide a laptop computer to A.T., a “dependent child” pursuant to section 6302 of the Juvenile Act (“Act”), 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6301, et seq.1 We affirm.2

The juvenile court adjudicated A.T. dependent on June 29, 2011, when she was seventeen years old, and placed her in the custody of DHS. DHS established a placement goal of Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement (“APPLA”). The juvenile court held regular permanency hearings…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re LowrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  2. In re: N.E.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. In the Interest of S.J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  4. In re: J.R.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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