COMMONWEALTH v. HUGHES

No. 1835-1977.

6 Pa. D. & C. 3d 777 (1978)

Commonwealth v. Hughes

Common Pleas Court of Columbia County, Pennsylvania.

May 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Arthur James, Jr., for petitioner.

Gailey C. Keller, for respondents.


MYERS, P.J., May 23, 1978.

Petitioner has filed a habeas corpus action in which she seeks to obtain custody of Cherish Shutta, a child purportedly adopted by petitioner in 1972.

Petitioner is the child's maternal grandmother. The natural mother of the child is Melanie Hughes, petitioner's daughter and one of defendant respondents herein.

The natural mother consented to the adoption, but she was only 17 years old at the time. Under the Act of...

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