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· 5/29/2003

In Re Adoption of M.E.P.

Citations

  • 825 A.2d 1266
  • 2003 Pa. Super. 210
  • 2003 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1334

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding subsection 2511(a)(2) was met where trial court credited psychologist’s testimony regarding mother’s failure to perform parental duties and inability to learn to perform them in future
  • explaining that termination under Section 2511(a)(8) does not require the court to evaluate a parent’s current willingness or ability to remedy the conditions that initially caused placement
  • summarizing elements of Section 2511(a)(2) as: “(1) repeated and continued incapacity, abuse, neglect or refusal; (2
  • setting forth three prongs for establishing valid termination under Section 2511(a)(8)
  • “A child’s life simply cannot be put on hold in the hope that the parent will summon the ability to handle the responsibilities of parenting/’
  • \A child's life simply cannot be put on hold in the hope that the parent will summon the ability to handle the responsibilities of parenting.\

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Judges: Johnson, Klein, Popovich

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