Opinion
[J-122-99]
Submitted: July 26, 1999
October 28, 1999
Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court at No. 762 PGH 1998 entered on October 20, 1998 affirming the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, Orphans' Court Division at No. 48 of 1997 on April 2, 1998, 16 W.D. Appeal Dkt. 1999.
Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court at No. 763 PGH 1998 entered on October 20, 1998 affirming the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, Orphans' Court Division at No. 48 of 1997 on April 2, 1998, 17 W.D. Appeal Dkt. 1999.
Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court at No. 764 PGH 1998 entered on October 20, 1998 affirming the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, Orphans' Court Division at No. 48 of 1997 on April 2, 1998, 18 W.D. Appeal Dkt. 1999.
Peggy Hooker, Hooker Broker, Greensburg, for L.J.D. Natural Mother.
Mary Ann Petrillo, Huntingdon, for Guardian Ad Litem.
James L. Liberto, Wetmoreland County Children's Bureau, Kensington, for Westmoreland's Children's Bureau.
Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 28th day of October, 1999, the order of the Superior Court is reversed, and the case remanded to the orphans' court for an adequate evaluation of the needs and welfare of the children, A.M.R., J.M.M., and S.R.M., taking into account whatever bonds may exist between the children and Appellant, as well as the emotional effect that termination will have upon the children. See In re Adoption of E.D.M., 708 A.2d 88 (Pa. 1998); In re E.M., 620 A.2d 481 (Pa. 1993). Jurisdiction is relinquished.