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IN INTEREST OF PERNISHEK

268 Pa.Super. 447 (1979)

408 A.2d 872

In the Interest of Tamela PERNISHEK, a Minor Born 11-3-69, an Alleged Dependent Child. APPEAL of William A. PERNISHEK et ux.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marla R. Blum, Greensburg, for appellants.

Donald J. Snyder, Jr., Greensburg, for appellee.

James L. Liberto, New Kensington, for Westmoreland County Children's Bureau, participating party.

Before CERCONE, President Judge, WIEAND and HOFFMAN, JJ.

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellants are the natural parents of Tamela, a young child diagnosed a psychosocial dwarf. They contend that the lower court erred in: (1) declaring Tamela a "dependent child" under the Juvenile Act1 and (2) ordering her placement in a home for crippled children until she attains a certain height. We affirm with modifications and remand with directions for further proceedings.

On August 8, 1978, the Westmoreland...

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