Legal Opinion

In re K.J.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 12, 2011PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

MUSMANNO, J.:

K.P. (“Mother”) appeals from the Order that changed the placement goal for her thirteen-year-old daughter, K.J. (“Child”), from reunification to permanent legal custodianship and granted permanent legal custodianship to L.S. (“Maternal Cousin”) and her husband, T.S. We affirm.

At the permanency/goal change hearing (hereinafter, “the evidentiary hearing”), it was revealed that the Philadelphia Department of Human Services (“DHS”) became involved with the family in October 2008 through a General Protective Services (“GPS”) report alleging that Mother was not supervising…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In re B.S.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  2. In re A.K.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. In re J.K.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In the Interest of H.V.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  2. Com. v. Faison, K.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  3. In Re KJSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011

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