IN RE ADOPTION OF D.M.H.


452 Pa.Super. 340 (1996)

682 A.2d 315

In re ADOPTION OF D.M.H. Appeal of K.S.E., Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary G. Efstration, Lancaster, for appellant.

Frank H. Morgan, Jr., Ardmore, for participating parties.

Before KELLY, JOHNSON and OLSZEWSKI, JJ.


KELLY, Judge:

In this appeal, we are requested by appellant, the maternal grandmother, to determine whether the trial court erred by awarding custody of her grandchild, D.M.H., to the adoptive parents rather than to grandmother. Specifically, grandmother asserts that the trial court failed to give sufficient weight to the familial relationship in deciding the best interests of the child. For the following reasons, we hold that the trial court properly considered many...

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