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IN RE ADOPTION OF M.E.L.

No. 109 MAP 2022.

298 A.3d 118 (2023)

IN RE: ADOPTION OF: M.E.L., a Minor Appeal of: D.D.L., Father.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: July 19, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean Edward Reynosa, Esq. , Heather Z. Reynosa, Esq. , MPL Law Firm, LLP, York, PA, for Appellant.

Kelly L. McNaney, Esq. , Lemoyne, PA, Alexis Kathryn-Lehman Swope, Esq. , for Appellee.

TODD, C.J., DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, BROBSON, JJ.

OPINION

Under the Adoption Act, the biological parents of an adoptee must relinquish their parental rights over their child before an adoption of the child may take place. An exception to this relinquishment requirement exists in the context of stepparent adoptions, 23 Pa.C.S. § 2903, or...

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