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IN RE ADOPTION OF N.M.B.

764 A.2d 1042 (2000)

In re ADOPTION OF N.M.B. Appeal of P.K.B.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 18, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederich Earl Liechti, for P.K.B., natural father.

David N. Dilettuso, for L.L., natural mother.

John R. Kardos, Pittsburgh, for N.M.B., minor child.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

NEWMAN, Justice.

In this matter we decide whether the courts below erred in refusing to decline jurisdiction to hear a Petition to Terminate Parental Rights of a biological father where he was paying child support pursuant to a previous custody, visitation and support order of a Texas court. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the decision of the Superior Court, vacate the order of the trial court, and relinquish jurisdiction to the courts of...

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