Legal Opinion
Heddings v. Steele
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 29, 1987No. 7 and 8 Middle District, Appeal Docket 1986PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
opinion of the court
HUTCHINSON, Justice.
Appellants, John and Edith Steele, appeal by allowance a Superior Court order which affirmed the Court of Common *571Pleas of Lycoming County. Appellants claim that the trial judge abused his discretion by allowing hearsay testimony into evidence in a custody matter pursuant to a previously unrecognized statement against social interest exception to the hearsay rule. We agree with appellants that this proposed exception does not enjoy the requisite indicia of reliability to qualify ás a hearsay exception in this Commonwealth. We affirm the custody order of…
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