SARVER ADOPTION CASE


444 Pa. 507 (1971)

Sarver Adoption Case.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lois J. McKee, for appellant.

M. David Turets, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY and BARBIERI, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, October 12, 1971:

This is an appeal from a decree of adoption and the dismissal of a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Elizabeth Lee Sarver, the natural mother of the adoptive child. In approving the adoption and dismissing the natural mother's petition, the court found that Mrs. Sarver had abandoned her daughter. Mrs. Sarver filed exceptions, which were dismissed after a hearing on November 27, 1970, with one judge filing...

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