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IN RE ADOPTION OF J.D.T.

796 A.2d 992 (2002)

ADOPTION OF: J.D.T. and J.T.T. Appeal of: J.G.R. and M.R.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 27, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Fennich, York, for appellant.

Martin Miller, York, for Guardian Ad Litem, appellee.

Maria M. Cook, York, for York County Children and Youth Services, appellee.

Before STEVENS, TODD and CAVANAUGH, JJ.

CAVANAUGH, J.

¶ 1 This appeal is from an order dismissing with prejudice a petition for adoption filed by the maternal grandparents of two minor children. The lower court determined that the grandparents did not have standing to adopt because of the limited nature of their relationship with their twin grandsons. We reverse.

¶ 2 The facts, as supported by the record, are that the adoptees are J.T.T. and J.D.T., born on November 23, 1996. The appellant...

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