Legal Opinion
In re Petition to Release Adoption Records Pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. 2905
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 31, 1995PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
In this appeal from an order furnishing limited information to an adoptee pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. § 2905(b), we are asked to decide whether additional information could have been disclosed without endangering the anonymity of the biological parents.
Joann Lehman, having been born on January 25, 1958, was adopted by Robert and Marjorie Lehman by decree entered April 4, 1962, in the Orphans’ Court of Westmoreland County. When she subsequently was married, she took the name of her husband and became known as Jo Ann Kasparek.
On February 11, 1994, Jo Ann Kasparek filed a petition…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Foflygen v. R. ZEMEL, MD (PC)Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Mills v. Atlantic City Dept. of Vital StatisticsNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1977
- Hatfield v. Continental Imports, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Jenkins v. Hospital of the Medical College of PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
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