ADOPTION OF SUTTLE


460 Pa. 218 (1975)

331 A.2d 656

In re ADOPTION OF David William SUTTLE and Robert Donald Suttle. Appeal of Thomas HOOKER and Betty Katherine Hooker.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman M. Yoffe, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Peter Andrews, York, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

Decree affirmed. Each party to pay own costs.

ROBERTS, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which JONES, C.J., joins.

ROBERTS, Justice (dissenting).

In my view, the trial court applied an incorrect legal standard in drawing conclusions from the record evidence. Therefore, I dissent.

Appellants are husband and wife who are seeking to adopt the wife's two children by a former marriage. Her former...

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