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HUNTER ADOPTION CASE

421 Pa. 287 (1966)

Hunter Adoption Case.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 19, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard DiSalle, for appellant.

John I. Hook, Jr., with him Hook & Hook, for appellees.

Before MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, April 19, 1966:

This is an appeal from a decree of adoption entered by the Orphans' Court of Greene County taken by the natural mother of the adoptive child. In approving the adoption, the court found both consent and abandonment by the natural mother. We are of the conclusion that neither finding may be sustained and that the decree of adoption must be reversed.

The natural mother [appellant] is a resident of Washington, Washington...

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