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IN the INTEREST OF: L.J.B., a Minor Petition of: A.A.R., Natural Mother

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania2018-04-03No. No. 58 MAL 2018
183 A.3d 971

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PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 3rd day of April, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are:

(1) Does 23 Pa.C.S. § 6303 et seq. allow a mother be found a perpetrator of child abuse in the event she is a drug addict while her child is a fetus[?]

(2) Is the intent of 23 Pa.C.S. § 6386 limited to providing protective services to addicted newborns and their families and not so expansive to permit alcoholic or addicted mothers be found to have committed child abuse while carrying a child in her womb[?] Petitioners Motion for Leave to File Reply to Answer to Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED.