SUSKO ADOPTION CASE


363 Pa. 78 (1949)

Susko Adoption Case.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 14, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.G. McGill, with him McGill & McGill, for appellants.

Zeno Fritz, with him John R. Boland, Jr., for appellee.

Before MAXEY, C.J., DREW, LINN, STERN, PATTERSON, STEARNE and JONES, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE MAXEY, November 14, 1949:

This is an appeal from the decree of the Orphans' Court refusing to permit the adoption of a minor. The question presented is whether the testimony supports the finding that respondent's written consent to the adoption of her infant son is not legally binding and effective?

Petitioners, husband and wife, filed on May 3, 1948, a petition in the Orphans' Court of Venango County praying for the adoption of...

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