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IN RE T.S.M.

Nos. 7 WAP 2013, 8 WAP 2013, 9 WAP 2013, 10 WAP 2013, 11 WAP 2013

71 A.3d 251 (2013)

In re T.S.M., A Minor. Appeal of T.S.M., A Minor. In re T.R.M., A Minor. Appeal of T.R.M., A Minor. In re T.J.M., A Minor. Appeal of T.J.M., A Minor. In re T.A.M., A Minor. Appeal of T.A.M., A Minor. In re N.D.M., A Minor. Appeal of N.D.M., A Minor.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 22, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Lynn Berecek, Esq., Pittsburgh, for T.S.M., T.R.M., T.J.M., T.A.M., and N.D.M.

Lucille J. Johnston Walsh, Esq., Penn State Dickinson School of Law, Timothy Patrick Smith, Esq., Pittsburgh, for Penn State University Dickinson School of Law Children's Advocacy Clinic, Support Center for Child Advocates, Pennsylvania CASA Association, CASA of Allegheny County, National Association of Social Workers, and Dependency Division of the Allegheny County Office of Conflict Counsel.

Lilian Alexa Akin, Esq., Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families.

Kiersten M. Frankowski, Esq., Allegheny County Bar Foundation Juvenile Court Project, for T.R.M.

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

OPINION

Justice BAER.

We granted review in this case involving petitions for termination of parental rights for five siblings to consider how trial courts should weigh the existence of "pathological" emotional bonds between parents and children. This family of seven children, the five youngest of whom are before the Court, epitomizes the problem of foster care drift, as the family has been involved with the Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth...

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