Legal Opinion

In re Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights to B.L. & J.L.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 8, 1983No. 2470PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from a final decree entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County in which the parental rights of R.P.L. and M.B.L., the natural mother and father of B.L. and J.L., were terminated involuntarily.1 We reverse and remand the matter for the reasons herein stated.

The order which forms the basis of the instant appeal was entered on July 14, 1982, approximately four months after the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745, 102 S.Ct. 1388, 71 L.Ed.2d 599 (1982). In Santosky, the Supreme Court held that involuntary…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. In Re Adoption of M.E.T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. In Re Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights to B. M. D.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  4. In Re Adoption of R. W. B.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Appeal of G. J. A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re Adoption of HamiltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. In re Adoption of T.N.J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. In re the Adoption of MullenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. In Re Estate of MontgomerySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. In the Interest of R.Z.T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

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