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ADOPTION OF WALKER

468 Pa. 165 (1976)

360 A.2d 603

ADOPTION OF Patricia Jeanine WALKER. Appeal of Robert Lee WALKER.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 6, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Pyfer, Jr., Lancaster, Kent H. Patterson, Harrisburg, Frank C. Chesters, Lancaster, for appellant.

John J. Krafsig, Jr., Harrisburg, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This case involves two issues: (1) Is the natural father's consent or a finding of abandonment or neglect a necessary prerequisite for adoption of his out-of-wedlock child? and (2) Was the mailed but undelivered notice of the adoption hearing sent to the natural father adequate to cure the failure to present any evidence to support the termination of his parental rights to the child?

Appellant is the natural...

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