Zernhelt v. Lehigh County Office of Children & Youth Services

COLINS, President Judge.

Theodore and Gloria Zernhelt, as Parents and Natural Guardians of David Zernhelt (David), and Theodore and Gloria Zernhelt, Individually (Appellants), appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County (Common Pleas) granting a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by the Lehigh County Office of Children and Youth Services (CYS).

The record indicates that in 1974, Appellants sought the services of CYS to adopt a child. After what Appellants aver were “extensive consultations,” CYS recommended they adopt a young boy named David and provided…