No. 20-452

S. S., Mother v. D. S., et al.

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2020-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 14th-amendment adoption amish-education best-interest-of-the-child best-interest-standard child-welfare constitutional-protections due-process equal-protection fundamental-liberty-interest parental-rights
Key Terms:
Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2020-12-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Termination of parental rights-constitutionality

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Is the decision to terminate parental rights Constitutional ,;where the court determined that adoption to an Amish home is in the best interest of the child , excluding certain legal requirements for education , and the child's Constitutional Protections for the sake of adoptive parents religion . i es : . : . 4 2 , STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION . Minors who are citizens of the US have a right to protection of Discrimination by the 14 th Amendment of its Constitution ,and in termination of parental rights parents have a commanding , interest as to the justice of the decision ; under which this court has jurisdiction to review the case. Given 90 days plus 60 in accordance with extending of time given during covid-19 shut ) down. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA : MIDDLE DISTRICT In Re: N.S. A minor ; No. 53MAL 2020 Petition of S.S., Mother Petition for Allowance of Appea from the Order of the Superior Court ORDER Per Curium, And now this 13" day of April, 2020 the petition for ; Allowance of Appeal is DENIED CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS : 1. uh Amendment, No State shall enforce or make ‘ any laws which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States . nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ; 7 2. Satosky v Kramer 455 US 745 March 24 1982 The fundamental liberty interest of natural parents in care and custody of their children is protected by the fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution and does not evaporate simply because they have not been model parents or have lost custody of their child to the state. When the State moves to destroy weakened bonds it must provide the parents with fundamentally fair procedures. ) A parents interest in the accuracy and justice in the termination of his or her parental status is a commanding one. .

Docket Entries

2020-12-14
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.
2020-09-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 9, 2020)

Attorneys

S.S.
Savilla Stottzfus — Petitioner
Savilla Stottzfus — Petitioner