The Pennsylvania Superior Court in an order issued late last week criticized the length of time it took to resolve a custody case in Blair County, despite delays caused by the COVID-19 judicial emergency and a circumstance that placed the case in the hands of a visiting judge. The case involved a dispute between the […]
For the third time this year, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has terminated the parental rights of an area mother due to excessive drug use. The latest opinion was issued last week when the appeals court granted a petition filed by foster parents of a 3-year-old, who has been in their custody since she was just […]
A state appeals court has ruled that a Blair County judge did not err last year when he terminated the parental rights of a father who suffers from mental health problems. Although the parental rights of both the mother and father have been terminated, the father challenged the judge’s decision, arguing that “the evidence presented […]
A decision by a Blair County judge to restore a local man’s “right to bear arms” has been upheld by a state appeals court despite objections from the county’s Department of Social Services. Superior Court Judge Deborah A. Kunselman in an opinion Monday ruled that a decision restoring the right of an area man to […]
An Altoona man described as a mid-level drug dealer has lost his bid to overturn his conviction and 25- to 117-year prison sentence, according to a Superior Court opinion issued late last week. Darwin Maurice Herring Sr., 41, incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution at Rockview in Centre County, argued in his appeal that he […]