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ELLERBE v. HOOKS

490 Pa. 363 (1980)

416 A.2d 512

Mary ELLERBE, Appellant, v. Edward HOOKS.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian E. Harmon, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Samuel Kravitz, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is a child custody case involving a dispute between a parent and a non-parent. The case arose on the petition of the child's father seeking custody of his daughter Carla. Carla, then eleven years old, had been living with her maternal grandmother. The court of common pleas denied the father's petition and awarded custody of Carla to her grandmother. On appeal the Superior Court reversed, holding

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