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  • In the Interest of: K.T.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    Case Number: 37 WAP 2022

    Trial courts were to consider child's need for permanency and stability equally and should also consider intangibles such as the parent-child bond, including whether the bond was necessary and beneficial for a child and whether its severance would cause extreme, irreparable harm to a child. Order of the superior court vacated, case remanded.

  • In the Interest of K.N.L.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
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    for defendant:
    Case Number: 1 EAP 2022

    Trial court applied an incorrect analysis to appellant's petition to intervene in an adoption based on his in loco parentis status and the correct standard reviewed whether a non-foster-parent third party had a substantial and genuine interest in formalizing a permanent parental relationship with child and an individual's previously held in loco parentis status might demonstrate that interest. Reversed.

  • June 11, 2020 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

    Ladd v. Real Estate Comm'n

    In Ladd v. Real Estate Commission, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently determined whether the requirements of a real estate "broker" under Pennsylvania's Real State Licensing and Registration Act (RELRA) should be deemed unconstitutional as applied to a short-term vacation property manager.

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  • November 5, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    News in Brief

    Women and children in Pennsylvania have lost a champion in the courtroom with the death of Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Senior Judge Lisa A. Richette, colleagues said last week. Judge Ri

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