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  • In the Interest of: O.E.C.-A.

    Publication Date: 2025-02-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 1657 EDA 2024

    Adoptive mother appealed the trial court's order holding that she lacked standing to file a petition for adoption concerning two children who were the biological siblings of her adopted child. The court reversed and remanded, holding that under the correct legal standard, adoptive mother clearly had standing to petition for adoption where she already had adopted the children's sibling and had provided many instances of unsupervised care for the children over the course of some two years before adoption was designated as their permanen

  • A.L.B. v. M.D.L.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-1024

    The trial court properly addressed all relevant factors in concluding that a drastic change to custody was warranted given father's efforts to alienate his children from mother, and there was no evidence that the trial court asked the guardian ad litem for advice on how to rule on any evidentiary questions. The superior court affirmed the trial court's custody order.