LEWIS v. LEWIS


271 Pa.Super. 519 (1979)

414 A.2d 375

Marilyn A. LEWIS, Appellant, v. Richard E. LEWIS, Jr.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn A. Lewis, in pro per.

Peter J. King, Pittsburgh, submitted a brief on behalf of appellee.

Shari F. Shink, Special Child Advocacy Counsel, David O'Hanesian, Chief Counsel, Pittsburgh (Mary Ray White, Spec. Counsel, Stephen J. Harhai, President, Nat. Ass'n. of Counsel for Children, Donald C. Bross, Staff Counsel, Nat. Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, Univ. of Colorado Medical Center at Denver, of counsel), for intervenors, Richard E. Lewis, III, and Colleen Lewis, two minor children.

Patricia P. Carlson, Pittsburgh, amici curiae for Lois Hayweiser, Spec. Consultant, Jo Ann Evans-Gardner, Council of Representatives, American Psychological Ass'n.

John F. Bradley, Pittsburgh, amicus curiae for Commission on Rights of Youth (CRY).

Before PRICE, HESTER and MONTGOMERY, JJ.


HESTER, Judge:

This is an appeal from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which temporarily suspended the custody rights of appellee-father and directed the appellant-mother and her children to submit themselves to the Child Welfare Services of Allegheny County for counseling in an effort to reestablish the attachment between the appellee-father and his children.

Appellant contests that order and asserts that appellee's partial custody...

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