Legal Opinion

In re the Adoption of A.J.B.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 15, 2002PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TODD, J.:

¶ 1 Erie County Office of Children and Youth (“OCY”) appeals the March 16, 2001 Order of the Erie County Court of Common Pleas, Orphans’ Court Division (“Orphans’ Court”), entered by the Honorable Ernest J. DiSantis, Jr., dismissing its petition for a trial, and denying its motion to dismiss a petition to voluntarily relinquish parental rights filed by K.B. (“Mother”) with respect to her daughter, A.J.B., born June 17, 1998.1 In this case of first impression, this Court is called upon to determine whether the Orphans’ Court erred in imposing a reasonableness standard with respect to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re Adoption of HessSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  2. In re Adoption of W.C.K.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  3. In Re Adoption of HessSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. In Re Estate of PresuttiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re the Adoption of A.M.B.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  2. In re the Adoption of K.G.M. & T.J.M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  3. In re Interest of J.F.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  4. In Re the Adoption of A.M.B.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  5. In Re the Adoption of A.M.B.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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