IN RE ADOPTION OF K.M.W.


718 A.2d 332 (1998)

In re ADOPTION OF K.M.W. Appeal of L.S.H., Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Duffie, Lemoyne, for appellant.

Before HUDOCK and STEVENS, MONTEMURO, JJ.


STEVENS, Judge:

This appeal presents us with the issue of whether a non-spouse may adopt a child where one of the child's natural parents continues to retain custody. In this case, the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County denied the petition for the adoption of the minor, K.M.W. filed by Appellant/Grandmother, L.S.H. After a review of the record and brief of Appellant, we affirm the decision of the juvenile court.

On June 17, 1997, Appellant, the maternal...

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