Laird v. Department of Public Welfare
991 A.2d 882, 605 Pa. 464, 2010 Pa. LEXIS 599
CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania
DecidedMarch 31, 2010
Docket436 EAL 2009, 437 EAL 2009
StatusPublished
Cited by1 cases
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Laird v. Department of Public Welfare, 991 A.2d 882, 605 Pa. 464, 2010 Pa. LEXIS 599 (Pa. 2010).
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ORDER
AND NOW, this 31st day of March 2010, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are:
1. Whether the state Adoption Opportunities Act has an “extenuating circumstances” exception to the timely application requirement?
2. Whether the federal act has such an exception, and if so, is it applicable on the facts here where no public agency created the “circumstances?”
*883 3. Whether affirmance of an order below is permissible regardless of whether a party raised the issue below?
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