Adoption of: C.M. of: B.M.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT
IN RE: ADOPTION OF: C.M., A MINOR : No. 640 MAL 2020
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PETITION OF: B.M., MOTHER AND D.M. : Petition for Allowance of Appeal
AND P.M., MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS : from the Order of the Superior Court
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 7th day of January, 2021, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is
GRANTED. The issues, rephrased for clarity, are:
(1) Whether the Superior Court, in reversing an order granting the involuntary
termination of parental rights where the petitioners did not seek a good
cause exception pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. §2901, erred by misapprehending
and improperly applying the essential holding in the Supreme Court case of
In Re: Adoption of M.R.D., 145 A.3d 1117 (Pa. 2016).
(2) Whether the Superior Court improperly disturbed the factual and credibility
findings of the trial court in a termination of parental rights proceeding to
conclude the proposed adoption was unlawful “custody gamesmanship.”