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BATTLE ADOPTION CASE

456 Pa. 553 (1974)

Battle Adoption Case.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Packel, for appellant.

Basil C. Clare, for appellees.

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

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, July 1, 1974:

Elisa Battle was born out of wedlock to Laura Battle and George Dunn in 1960. Shortly thereafter, the child was placed in the care of Laura Battle's mentally deficient mother in Tarboro, North Carolina, where she became seriously ill from improper attention. Upon learning of Elisa's condition, George Dunn went to Laura Battle and asked her to take the child with her to New York where she was living so that the child...

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