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October 10, 2006
In re N.C.

Goal Change from Reunification to Adoption Affirmed Despite Mother’s Substantial Compliance with Permanency Plan.

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Child Welfare
April 28, 2010
In re M.W.

Superior Court Reversed the Dismissal of a Delinquency Petition; Trial Court Must Enter an Adjudication of Delinquency if the Commonwealth Proves Beyond a Reasonable Doubt that the Juvenile Committed the Acts Underlying the Petition, even when the Juvenile Would Receive Treatment and Supervision Through a Disposition Already Imposed on him in a Distinct Delinquency Matter

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Juvenile and Criminal Justice
July 29, 2009
In re M.S.

Superior Court Held Goal Change to Adoption Proper when Mother Failed to Protect Daughter from Sexual Abuse by Other Siblings, Because Parental Duty Entails a Duty to Protect Child from Harm Others May Inflict

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Child Welfare
December 19, 2008
In re M.S.

Trial Court Properly Reversed School Board Decision to Expel a Student when the School Board Relied Solely on Hearsay Evidence by the School Superintendent

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Juvenile and Criminal Justice
March 07, 2005
In re M.M.

Juvenile Act requires an adjudication of delinquency on all petitions as to which delinquency is proved

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Juvenile and Criminal Justice
July 21, 2004
In re M.M.

Juvenile Courts Abuse Their Discretion When They Adopt Blanket Policies of Dismissing De Minimus Cases (Companion Case of In the Interest of R.W.)

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Juvenile and Criminal Justice
June 26, 2006
In re M.J.S.

Decision Vacating Termination of Father’s Parental Rights and Adoption Decree Reversed Where CYS Attempted to Notify All Unknown Fathers and Biological Father Failed to Assert His Paternal Rights Until Three Years After Adoption.

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Child Welfare
September 15, 2004
In re M.J.M.

Juvenile’s adjudication for harassment and ethnic intimidation affirmed. The statute does not violate the right to free speech and is not void for vagueness

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Juvenile and Criminal Justice
January 19, 2010
In re M.J.H.

Superior Court Reversed Trial Court’s Adjudication of Delinquency; Fingerprint Evidence Alone Insufficient to Establish Elements of Crime Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

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Juvenile and Criminal Justice
December 23, 2004
In re M.H.M.

Adjudication and disposition for possession of a paintball gun on school property affirmed

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Juvenile and Criminal Justice, Education