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ADOPTION OF BABY GIRL M.

481 Pa. 171 (1978)

392 A.2d 301

ADOPTION OF BABY GIRL M. Appeal of JOSEPH M.S., Jr.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry S. Geller, Chambersburg, for appellant.

William H. Kaye, Chambersburg, for appellee Gordon Beckner, Guardian of Baby Girl M.

J. Stewart Glen, Jr., Geo. S. Glen, Chambersburg, for appellee Children's Aid Society.

Ronald Keeler, Everett, Legal Service for Bedford, Fulton & Huntingdon Counties, for appellee Lois M., Mother of Baby Girl M.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

This appeal is from a final decree entered in the Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County. The final decree involuntarily terminated the parental rights of appellant, Joseph M.S., Jr. The facts are as follows.

In August, 1974, a child, Baby Girl M., was born out of wedlock to Lois M. and appellant. At the time of the child's birth, Lois was nineteen and appellant was seventeen...

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