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COM. ex rel. BENDRICK v. WHITE

403 Pa. 55 (1961)

Commonwealth ex rel. Bendrick, Appellant, v. White.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 13, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Linton, for appellant.

I. Newton Taylor, for appellees.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, March 13, 1961:

This appeal attacks the propriety and validity of an orphans' court decree1 which awarded the custody of a 16 months old child, over the objections of the natural father but with the acquiescence of the natural mother, to a married couple wholly unrelated to the child.

A marriage, short in duration but long in unhappiness, is the...

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