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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF CHRISTOPHER P.

480 Pa. 79 (1978)

389 A.2d 94

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF CHRISTOPHER P. Appeal of CATHY P.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 19, 1978.

Reargument Denied August 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy E. Rourke, Harrisburg, Alan Linder, Lancaster, for appellant.

Leon P. Haller, Harrisburg, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

The Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County denied appellant's petition to vacate a final decree of adoption entered September 3, 1976. In this appeal, appellant alleges there is insufficient evidence to support the finding that her consent to adoption was knowing, voluntary and deliberate, and asserts the statutory procedure followed by the orphans' court denied her due process and equal...

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