Legal Opinion
C.B. ex rel. R.R.M. v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 18, 2001PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CASTILLE, Justice.
The Commonwealth Court held that the federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. §§ 670-76, conflicts with and, therefore, preempts Pennsylvania’s Adoption Opportunities Act, 62 P.S. §§ 771-74, to the extent the Pennsylvania Act and accompanying regulations require, where the federal act does not, that a child be in agency custody in order to qualify for an adoption assistance subsidy. This Court granted allocatur to review the Commonwealth Court’s invalidation of the Pennsylvania agency custody requirement. Athough we find that…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by32 opinions
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