Legal Opinion
In Re Adoption of S.A.J.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 17, 2003No. 163 MAP 2002Published
1Opinion of the Court
838 A.2d 616 (2003)
In re ADOPTION OF S.A.J. Appeal of S.S.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued May 13, 2003.
Decided December 17, 2003.
Jon Peter Landis, for Appellant.
Bernard Mendelsohn, Reading, for T.L.D. and B.S.D., Appellees.
Before: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.
OPINION
Justice NEWMAN.
In this case, we determine whether the doctrine of judicial estoppel bars the attempts of a putative father to obtain custody of a child and vacate an adoption decree, eleven years after he denied paternity in a support proceeding. For the reasons that follow, we affirm…
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