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IN RE ADOPTION OF HESS

530 Pa. 218 (1992)

608 A.2d 10

In re ADOPTION OF Melanie Lynn HESS and Matthew James Hess. APPEAL OF FAMILY SERVICE.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 29, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Crosswell, Lancaster and George Hay Kain, III, York, for amicus, York County Children and Youth Services.

Elizabeth Hambrick-Stowe, Lancaster, for Carol and David Hess.

A. Anthony Kilkuskie, Ephrata, for John and Jane Doe.

Lawrence F. Stengel, Lancaster, for guardian ad litem, Melanie and Matthew Hess.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

The instant appeal presents the Court with the issue of whether grandparents may be permitted to participate in proceedings for the adoption of their grandchildren. The appeal arises from the Superior Court's reversal of an order of the Lancaster County Common Pleas Court, Orphans' Court Division, dismissing the grandparents' Complaint for Custody and Petition to Intervene in state adoption proceedings

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