In re S.M.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
BECK, Judge:
In this opinion, inter a1¡ia, we revisit the standard to be applied in evaluating effectiveness of counsel in a dependency proceeding.
This is an appeal from an order continuing the placement of fifteen-year-old S.M. in foster care after he was found to be a dependent child under section 6302 of the Juvenile Act. F.M. and L.M., appellants and parents of S.M., raise three issues on appeal: 1) whether the evidence was sufficient to support a finding of dependency; 2) whether the evidence was sufficient to support the trial court’s finding that there was a clear necessity to place…
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