Title: In the Interest of: S.W. of S.W. & CYF - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 127 WAL 2024
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: May 22, 2024

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT IN THE INTEREST OF: S.W., A MINOR PETITION OF: S.W., A MINOR, AND ALLEGHENY COUNTY OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES : : : : : : No. 127 WAL 2024 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 22nd day of May, 2024, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is: (1) Whether the judicially created “prospective adoptive parent” exception to the general prohibition against foster parents participating in dependency cases was abrogated by the Legislature’s subsequent enactment of Section 6336.1(a) of the Juvenile Act, which provides that preadoptive foster parents shall not have standing in the matter absent an award of legal custody of the child?