IN RE ADOPTION OF DURHAM


320 Pa.Super. 508 (1983)

467 A.2d 828

In re ADOPTION OF Raymond J. DURHAM, Henry J. Durham and Michael A. Durham. Appeal of Ruth M. Durham DUMAS, Natural Mother.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ann McConnell, Mercer, for appellant.

Brenda Katherine McBride, Grove City, for appellees.

Before CERCONE, President Judge, and SPAETH and HESTER, JJ.


SPAETH, Judge:

This appeal is from an order involuntarily terminating appellant's parental rights to her three children. We have concluded that the trial court applied an incorrect standard of proof, and unduly restricted the evidence. We therefore reverse and remand for a new hearing.

In Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745, 102 S.Ct. 1388, 71 L.Ed.2d 599 (1982), the...

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