James P. v. Children & Youth Services

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

Appellant, James P., raises four issues in his appeal, two of which will be addressed herein.1 First, appellant asks us to define the scope of appellate review in termination of *489parental rights cases in this Commonwealth, and derivatively, to consider whether the recent U.S. Supreme Court case of Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745, 102 S.Ct. 1388, 71 L.Ed.2d 599 (1982), mandates that our scope of review be broader than an abuse of discretion. Secondly, the appellant contends that the lower court erred in finding that appellee sustained the evidentiary burden of clear and…