SMITH ADOPTION CASE


412 Pa. 501 (1963)

Smith Adoption Case.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 12, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph K. Bonidy, for appellant.

William F. Caruthers, for appellees.

Before MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, November 12, 1963:

The sole question for determination on this appeal from a decree of adoption entered by the Orphans' Court of Westmoreland County, is whether the evidence supports the finding by the court below that the natural mother abandoned her child for a period of at least six months. If the evidence establishes abandonment, her consent to the adoption is unnecessary. If, however, the...

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