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
Latest Conference: 2020-12-11
Question Presented (from Petition)

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.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Termination of parental rights-constitutionality

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