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T.B. v. L.R.M.

786 A.2d 913 (2001)

T.B., Appellee, v. L.R.M., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Banda, Johnstown, for L.R.M.

Mary Elizabeth Solens Luce, Stuart Michael Wilder, Doylestown, for Debra Hein amicus curiae.

Roger Daniel McGill, Edensburg, Patricia M. Logue, for T.B.

Susan Frietsche, Philadelphia, Meredith L. Schalick, Tiffany Lynn Palmer, Seth F. Kreimer, for Support Center for Child Advocates and fifty-four other organizations amicus curiae.

Mary Catherine Roper, Susan Schleck Kleiner, Daniel James Anders, Philadelphia, Eric Paul Cheung, Megan L. Traversari, Haverford, Lawrence Evan Frankel, David Ford Abernethy, Philadelphia, Leslie Cooper, Matthew Coles, for American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania.

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

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This case involves the application of the doctrine of in loco parentis as a method of conferring standing on one seeking partial custody of a child for purposes of visitation. Because the evidence establishes that Appellee assumed a parental status and discharged parental duties with the consent of the biological parent, the lower courts properly held that Appellee possessed standing to seek visitation. Accordingly...

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