Legal Opinion

In re of L.F.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 19, 2010PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 L.W. (Mother) appeals from the order entered on May 4, 2009, granting the petition to terminate her parental rights to her son, L.F. (d.o.b.5/26/01) (Child). The trial court terminated Mother’s parental rights pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 2511(a)(1), (2), (5), (8), and (b), and changed his goal to adoption pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6351.1 Mother claims the trial court abused its discretion in compelling Mother’s therapist to testify and improperly considered her testimony in *357making its decision to terminate Mother’s parental rights. We affirm.

¶ 2 The trial court set…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jaffee v. RedmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Commonwealth v. StewartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  3. In re I.J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  4. In Re Subpoena No. 22.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  5. In re S.D.T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Lebovitz v. Hartford InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. Venosh v. Henzes, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County2014

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