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IN RE ADOPTION OF ORWICK

464 Pa. 549 (1975)

347 A.2d 677

In re ADOPTION OF Edward McClellan ORWICK, Jr., a minor. Appeal of Edward McClellan ORWICK, Sr.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 26, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald K. Joseph, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Richard A. Behrens, Patterson, Evey, Routch & Black, Hollidaysburg, for appellant.

Amos Davis, Altoona, for appellees.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, Chief Justice.

Appellees, Louis and Leann Shank, husband and wife, petitioned the Court of Common Pleas, Orphans' Court Division, of Blair County to adopt as their heir-at-law Edward McClellan Orwick, Jr., a child born to Leann Shank, formerly Leann Orwick, when she was married to appellant, Edward McClellan Orwick, Sr. The petition filed February 21, 1974, alleged that appellant had abandoned his son within the meaning of Section...

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