Legal Opinion
In re E.K.
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Northampton County
Decided October 24, 2001No. 1969-1222 OCPublished
1Opinion of the Court
FREEDBERG, P.J.,
This matter is before the court on a petition for release of identifying information from the court file of an adoption which occurred in this county in 1970. Petitioner is an adult who seeks the identity of his full brother who was placed *386for adoption by their natural parents. Petitioner suffers from refractory Hodgkin’s disease and needs a bone marrow transplant.
Gerard Donnelly M.D., is petitioner’s attending physician on the Lymphoma Service of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He reports that petitioner has not responded to standard chemotherapy. He is…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In Re FioriSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Mills v. Atlantic City Dept. of Vital StatisticsNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1977
- In Re Adoption B.E.W.G.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- In re Petition to Release Adoption Records Pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. 2905Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- In Re LongSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000