GRUZINSKI v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE


731 A.2d 246 (1999)

Kathy-Jo GRUZINSKI, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy E. Carr, Beaver, for petitioner.

Amy J. Wilson, Pittsburgh, for respondent.

Robert J. Masters, Beaver Falls, for intervenor, Beaver County Children & Youth Services.

Before COLINS, President Judge, and DOYLE, J., SMITH, J., PELLEGRINI, J., FRIEDMAN, J., FLAHERTY, J. and LEADBETTER, J.


FLAHERTY, Judge.

Kathy-Jo Gruzinski (Gruzinski) petitions this court to review a final order of the Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), denying her request for adoption assistance for her adopted minor daughter, Laura Lynn Morrison Gruzinski (Laura or child).1 We reverse.

Laura was born with a cleft palate, cleft jaw and a cleft lip2 to Suzanne...

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