Wesley B. Williams v. Julia F. Williams

How courts have described this case

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• holding that when an appellant files a single notice of appeal from two separate dockets–dependency and adoption–Walker compels quashal
• holding that when an appellant files a single notice of appeal from two separate dockets–dependency and adoption–Walker compels quashal
• recognizing Walker’s mandate but addressing merits of single appeal from different docket numbers in case involving termination of parental rights
• holding that termination of mother’s parental rights under subsection 2511(a)(2
• explaining that this Court’s rulings “may not be disposition- driven[]” and this Court is “bound by decisional and statutory legal authority, even when equitable considerations may compel a contrary result”
• stating that a child’s life “cannot be held in abeyance” and her “need for permanence and stability” indefinitely subordinated to a parent’s “attempts to attain the maturity necessary to assume parenting responsibilities”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).