IN RE DAVIS


502 Pa. 110 (1983)

465 A.2d 614

In re Shane DAVIS, A Juvenile. Appeal of Annie S. MILLER and Harvey A. Miller, Appellants, v. BERKS COUNTY CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES, Appellee, and Shane Davis, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Sherr, Allentown, for appellants.

Robert J. Manara, Reading, for appellee Shane Davis.

Alan Readinger, Reading, for appellee Berks County Children and Youth Services.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.


OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue in this case can be stated in simple terms: whether the lower court erred in awarding custody of Shane Davis to the Berks County Children and Youth Services foster home agency. As is too often painfully clear in child placement cases, however, the resolution of this issue is far from simple, as it requires recognition of and provision for the delicate physical, mental, emotional and...

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