Case Name: In the Interest of D.C.D., Minor. Petition of Clinton County Children and Youth Services
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2014-06-02
Citations: 93 A.3d 802
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Interest of D.C.D., Minor. Petition of Clinton County Children and Youth Services.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 93
Pages: 802–802

Head Matter:
In the Interest of D.C.D., Minor. Petition of Clinton County Children and Youth Services.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
June 2, 2014.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 2nd day of June, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are:
(1) Whether the Superior Court erred in not following In re Adoption of S.P., [616 Pa. 309] 47 A.3d 817 (Pa.2012).
(2) Whether the Superior Court erred in requiring an additional element for the termination of parental rights under 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 2511(a)(2); namely, that reasonable efforts must be made to assist a parent despite the court finding that the parent is incapable of parenting and cannot remedy the incapacity.
The issues will be SUBMITTED on briefs and the matter expedited in accordance with the Rules of Appellate Procedure governing Children's fast track appeals.