S.L.R. v. J.M.R.

J-S52044-14 NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37 S.L.R. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Appellee v. J.M.R. Appellant No. 1278 EDA 2014 Appeal from the Order Entered March 28, 2014 In the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County Domestic Relations at No(s): 14-80323 BEFORE: GANTMAN, P.J., ALLEN, J., and FITZGERALD, J.* MEMORANDUM BY GANTMAN, P.J.: FILED AUGUST 20, 2014 Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, which granted the petition filed by 1 We affirm. In its opinion, the trial court fully and correctly set forth the relevant facts and procedural history of this case. Therefore, we have no reason to restate them.2 Husband raises the following issues for our review: ____________________________________________ 1 23 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 6101-6122. 2 We note that on April 21, 2014, the court ordered Husband to file a concise statement of errors complained of on appeal pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b), (Footnote Continued Next Page) _____________________________ *Former Justice specially assigned to the Superior Court. J-S52044-14 WAS THE EVIDENCE INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE PFA ORDER? VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF THE PFA ACT AGAINST THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE AND WITHOUT SUPPORT IN THE RECORD? The relevant scope and standard of review ar Stamus v. Dutcavich, 938 A.2d 1098, 1100 (Pa.Super. 2007) (quoting Drew v. Drew, 870 A.2d 377, 378 Stamus, supra (internal citation and quotation marks omitted). from those who perpetrate such abuse, with the primary goal of advance Buchhalter v. Buchhalter, 959 _______________________ (Footnote Continued) which Husband filed on May 5, 2014. This case was designated as a statement contemporaneously with his notice of appeal. See Pa.R.A.P. 1925(a)(2)(i). Nev appeal, or find waiver of his appellate issues on this basis. See In re K.T.E.L. ontemporaneously with notice of appeal does not divest this Court of jurisdiction, but results in defective notice of appeal to be disposed of on case by case basis; general waiver analysis for failure to file court-ordered Rule 1925(b) statement does not apply in context of noncompliance with Rule 1925(a)(2)(i); declining to days after notice of appeal and noncompliance with Rule 1925(a)(2)(i) caused no prejudice to parties). -2- J-S52044-14 A.2d 1260, 1262 (Pa.Super. 2008) (quoting Custer v. Cochran, 933 A.2d 1050, 1054 (Pa.Super. 2007) (en banc does not seek to determine criminal culpability. A Petitioner is not required to establish abuse occurred beyond a reasonable doubt, but only to establish Snyder v. Snyder, 629 A.2d 977, 982 (Pa.Super. 1993). After a thorough review of the record, the briefs of the parties, the applicable law, and the well-reasoned opinion of the Honorable Ann Osborne, discusses and properly disposes of the questions presented. (See Trial Court Opinion, filed May 16, 2014, at 5-9) (finding: (1) is reasonable; Wife testified Husband physically touched her on two occasions, once grabbing her pants shoving Wife; Husband made numerous threats to Wife that she should ; Wife testified to incident where Husband followed her; would escalate and become more violent; Wife established by preponderance of evidence that Husband knowingly engaged in course of conduct that placed Wife in reasonable fear of bodily injury; Wife presented -3- J-S52044-14 sufficient evidence for entry of PFA order against Husband; (2) evidence established pattern of conduct by Husband that put Wife in reasonable fear ght of evidence; additionally, some circumstances which Husband claims court ignored in rendering its decision were not made part of record at PFA hearing and, therefore, court could not have considered them in ruling; ieves court disregarded are not bodily injury, and court would have afforded no weight to those factors even if Husband raised them at hearing; Husband abused Wife as defined in PFA Act3).4 Order affirmed. ____________________________________________ 3 Husband listed eight factors in his Rule 1925(b) statement, which the court allegedly failed to consider when making its determination. The court said agree Husband offered no testim attempted to decelerate the acrimony between the parties by proposing one of the parties move out of the marital residence). As the court explained, 4 The correct citation for Raker v. Raker is 847 A.2d 720 (Pa.Super. 2004). -4- J-S52044-14 Judgment Entered. Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq. Prothonotary Date: 8/20/2014 -5- Circulated 08/08/2014 10:12 AM Circulated 08/08/2014 10:12 AM Circulated 08/08/2014 10:12 AM Circulated 08/08/2014 10:12 AM Circulated 08/08/2014 10:12 AM