IN RE ADOPTION OF HAMILTON


379 Pa.Super. 274 (1988)

549 A.2d 1291

In re ADOPTION OF Kristy D. HAMILTON. In re Termination of Parental Rights of Ernest HAMILTON. Appeal of Ernest A. HAMILTON.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Cortez Bell, III, Clearfield, for appellant.

Before ROWLEY, DEL SOLE and BECK, JJ.


BECK, Judge:

Ernest Hamilton appeals from an order of the Clearfield County Orphans' Court, involuntarily terminating his parental rights to his daughter Kristy. In this appeal we especially consider the effect of a parent's subsequent remedial behavior, after abandoning a child, in light of the child's needs and welfare.

Appellee Brenda Wilt, Kristy's natural mother, has custody of the child. Wilt and her new husband, who wishes to adopt Kristy, petitioned...

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