IN RE KERR


333 Pa.Super. 67 (1984)

481 A.2d 1225

In re Patches KERR 4-11-80, Stanley Allen Kerr, Jr. Appeal of Kathleen A. SHAFFER.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley T. Long, Greensburg, for appellant.

James L. Liberto, Greensburg, for appellee.

Before BROSKY, OLSZEWSKI and JOHNSON, JJ.


BROSKY, Judge:

This appeal is from an adjudication of dependency of two children. Appellant, the natural mother of the two minors, contends that the juvenile court was without jurisdiction over this case when it failed to hold the adjudicatory hearing within the statutorily prescribed period.1 We hold that the consequence of a tardy hearing is the automatic activation of the right of the child and its parents to the immediate release of...

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