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ADOPTION OF TERRI L.S.

489 Pa. 5 (1980)

413 A.2d 669

ADOPTION of TERRI L.S., a minor. Appeal of EDWARD S.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 25, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debbie O'Dell, Seneca & O'Dell, P.C., Washington, for appellant.

Arthur M. Wilson, Washington, for appellee.

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

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

Pursuant to the Adoption Act of July 24, 1970, P.L. 620, § 311, 1 P.S. § 311 (Supp. 1964-78), which provides for the involuntary termination of the rights of a parent, the natural mother petitioned the lower court for such involuntary termination. The lower court found that the natural father had failed to perform parental duties as provided by the statute for a period of seven years and thus entered an order granting the...

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