MITCH v. CHILDREN & YOUTH S.S. AGENCY


383 Pa.Super. 42 (1989)

556 A.2d 419

In re Joseph MITCH Sherry Dean and Martin Dean v. BUCKS COUNTY CHILDREN AND YOUTH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY. Appeal of Sherry DEAN and Martin Dean.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B. Swope, York, for appellants.

Joshua Z. Goldblum, Levittown, for appellee.

Before MONTEMURO, POPOVICH and HOFFMAN, JJ.


HOFFMAN, Judge:

This appeal is from the order below dismissing appellants' petition for custody. The sole issue raised for our review is one of first impression: whether prospective adoptive parents have standing to contest the decision of the legal custodian, a child welfare agency, to remove from their custody a child placed with them for adoption. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that prospective adoptive parents do have standing to petition for custody...

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