Legal Opinion

Little-Stepp v. Cancilla

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 31, 2006PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY TAMILIA, J.:

¶ 1 Donna Little-Stepp, the adoptive mother of appellee Daniel Little-Stepp, father of the child subject of the underlying complaint in custody filed by appellant, appeals from the July 11, 2005 Order sustaining the preliminary objections of appel-lee mother, Deanna Cancilla. The Order holds that appellant does not have standing to pursue partial custody of appellees’ child, and dismissing appellant’s amended petition for partial custody.

¶ 2 The trial court set forth the factual and procedural history of the case as follows:

On January 4, 2005, [appellant] presented a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Peters v. CostelloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  2. Martinez v. BaxterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. Bishop v. PillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  4. Malone v. StonerookSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. K.B. II, K.B., & B.B. v. C.B.F.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PullanoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. Hutchison Ex Rel. Hutchison v. LuddySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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