IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

IN RE: ADOPTION OF: M.E.L., A MINOR : No. 440 MAL 2022 : : PETITION OF: D.D.L., FATHER : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 21st day of November, 2022, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal

is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:

Whether the Superior Court erred as a matter of law and/or abused its discretion in remanding this matter to the trial court to evaluate whether Mother could establish the “cause” exception of 23 Pa.C.S. § 2901 where the child is proposed to be adopted by a non-spouse?