In Re: P.Z., Appeal of: M.L.

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• holding that a court’s refusal to allow an agency to withdraw its termination petition based on the lack of a self-evident exception to 42 Pa.C.S. § 6351(f)(9) “is not tantamount to an order terminating parental rights”
• stating that only if the court determines that the parent’s conduct warrants termination of his or her parental rights, does the orphans’ court and the reviewing court engage in the second part of the analysis pursuant to Section 2511(b)
• finding termination of parental rights supported under 2511(a)(8) and (b) where child was familiar with parent, but parent did not have a history of engaging in a caregiving relationship with child or taking responsibility for child over an extended period
• “[T]o the extent that the record supports the court’s decision, we must affirm even though evidence exists that would support a contrary result.” (citation omitted)
• “Only if the court determines that the parent's conduct warrants termination of his or her parental rights does the court engage in the second part of the (Footnote Continued Next Page
• finding termination of parental rights supported under 2511(a)(8) and (b

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