# Department of Public Welfare v. Devereux Hospital Texas Treatment Network (K.C.)

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · August 19, 2004 · 579 Pa. 313

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9755657

## Case

- **Full name:** DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellant, v. DEVEREUX HOSPITAL TEXAS TREATMENT NETWORK (K.C.), Appellee; Department of Public Welfare, Appellant, v. Devereux Hospital Texas Treatment Network (K.T.), Appellee; Department of Public Welfare, Appellant, v. Devereux Hospital Texas Treatment Network (H.B.), Appellee
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** August 19, 2004
- **Citations:** 579 Pa. 313; 855 A.2d 842; 2004 Pa. LEXIS 1924
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Eakin
- **Judges:** Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Lamb, Former
- **Cited by:** 10 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9755657

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- recognizing the dicta in Tameka, M. relevant to the situation where two equally effective options were presented to the juvenile court

## Opinion text

Justice EAKIN,
dissenting.
I would affirm on the basis of the Commonwealth Court opinion. Accordingly, I dissent.

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