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