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IN RE ADOPTION OF S.P.

No. 40 WAP 2011

47 A.3d 817 (2012)

In re ADOPTION OF S.P. Appeal of Washington County Children and Youth Services.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 17, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joyce A. Hatfield-Wise , for Washington County Children And Youth Services.

Erin Whiteley Dickerson , for S.P.

Mari Ann Hathaway , for G.P.

Kathleen Marie Creamer , Community Legal Services, for Community Legal Services, Inc.

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

OPINION

Justice BAER.

We granted allocatur in the above-captioned case to consider the Superior Court's application of the standard of review and to evaluate the relevance of a parent's incarceration to a trial court's decision to terminate a father's parental rights under 23 Pa.C.S. § 2511(a)(2). For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the Superior Court and reinstate the trial court's order terminating...

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