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IN RE F.C. III

No. 17 WAP 2009.

2 A.3d 1201 (2010)

In the Interest of F.C. III, a Minor. Appeal of F.C., III.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 17, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Kres Pokempner, Juvenile Law Center, William Roy Crum, Marsha Lerick, for F.C., III.

Lynn Reddick, for Allegheny County Department of Human Services.

Zygmont A. Pines, Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, for Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, GREENSPAN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice TODD.

We granted allowance of appeal in order to consider whether 71 P.S. § 1690.112a ("Act 53")1 of the Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Abuse Control Act,2 which permits a parent or guardian to petition for civil involuntary commitment of their drug dependent child to a drug and alcohol treatment program, violates the due process protections provided by the Fourteenth Amendment...

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