IN RE ADOPTION OF S.A.J.


838 A.2d 616 (2003)

In re ADOPTION OF S.A.J. Appeal of S.S.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Peter Landis, for Appellant.

Bernard Mendelsohn, Reading, for T.L.D. and B.S.D., Appellees.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.


OPINION

Justice NEWMAN.

In this case, we determine whether the doctrine of judicial estoppel bars the attempts of a putative father to obtain custody of a child and vacate an adoption decree, eleven years after he denied paternity in a support proceeding. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the decision of the Superior Court, which held that the putative father was judicially estopped from making...

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