Q: We recently lost a Petition to Adopt in York County Pennsylvania for our grandchildren.
The parents rights had been terminated. CYS was involved and had placed the children 7 and 4 in a kinship with my mother who is 79 and her current husband who is disabled. We wish to appeal. When we file the appeal do we need to copy all parties involved? The judge heard both petitions at the same time but our paperwork just states her denial of the petition to us.. which was filed with Orphans Court.
A: Usually the word is "serve". You would need to serve all parties to your case with notice of appeal and subsequently with the appellate documents. FYI, your making a mistake doing this without counsel. Appellate law is highly specialized and violations of the rules can have your entire case thrown out (no, civillians dont get a break, they are expected to know the rules as well as an attorney). This is all highly time sensitive as well. Late filed appeals are routinely dismissed. Call your bar association or a local family attorney and ask for help.
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