Legal Opinion

In Re: A.J.R.-H. and I.G.R.-H. Apl of KJR Mother

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 18, 2018No. 38 MAP 2017PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

JUSTICE DONOHUE

This discretionary appeal involves the propriety of the en masse admission of 167 exhibits at a hearing to involuntarily terminate the parental rights of K.J.R. ("Mother") and D.W.H. ("Father") to their minor daughters, A.J.R.-H. and I.G.R.-H. (collectively, the "Children").1 As the record in this matter fails to support a finding that the exhibits satisfied the business records exception to the prohibition against the admission of hearsay, we conclude that the orphans' court erred by admitting them on this…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Troxel v. GranvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Helvering v. GowranSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  5. Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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