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IN RE D.J.Y.

487 Pa. 125 (1979)

408 A.2d 1387

In re D.J.Y. Appeal of R.E.Y., Sr., and E.R.Y.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Wagenseller, III, Carol Gundel Falk, Lancaster, for appellant.

Melvin H. Hess, Lancaster, for Genevieve Rose Young.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellants, paternal grandparents of D.J.Y., appeal from the orphans' court dismissal of their petition to adopt D.J.Y. The court dismissed the petition on the ground that appellants failed to establish a case for termination of the parental rights of appellee, G.R.Y., the natural mother. Although the court found that appellee failed to maintain contact with D.J.Y. for a period...

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