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· 1/18/2011

In Re Adoption of B.R.S.

Citations

  • 11 A.3d 541
  • 2011 Pa. Super. 16
  • 2011 Pa. Super. LEXIS 15
  • 2011 WL 135764

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  • concluding foster parents did not have standing to file a termination petition; foster parents could not establish in loco parentis status, where the child’s biological father did not agree to the child’s permanent placement with foster parents or the agency
  • observing that the foster parents qualified as prospective adoptive parents, but this status did not enable them to file their own petition to terminate a parent’s rights; this status only allowed them to challenge the removal of the child from their care
  • observing that the foster parents qualified as prospective adoptive parents, but this status did not enable them to file their own petition to terminate a parent’s rights; this status only allowed them to challenge the removal of the child from their care
  • “Accordingly, we find the provision of a defective Act 91 notice does not deprive the courts of subject matter jurisdiction, and we remand this case to the trial court”

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Judges: Bowes, Lazarus, Freedberg

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