CUSTODY OF X, A MINOR


54 Pa. D. & C. 2d 81 (1971)

Custody of X, a Minor

Common Pleas Court of Chester County, Pennsylvania.

August 31, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric S. Coates, for petitioner.

Rogers A. Bender, for respondent.


MacELREE, P. J., August 31, 1971.

The subject proceeding has been brought under section 302 of the Act of July 24, 1970, 1 PS §302, defined in its first section as the "Adoption Act."

We believe this proceeding to have been instituted under a misapprehension of the applicability of the statute relied upon by counsel for petitioner.

Article III of the present Adoption Act is entitled "Proceedings Prior to Petition to Adopt." (Italics supplied...

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