In Re Adoption of Hamilton

BECK, Judge:

Ernest Hamilton appeals from an order of the Clearfield County Orphans’ Court, involuntarily terminating his parental rights to his daughter Kristy. In this appeal we especially consider the effect of a parent’s subsequent remedial behavior, after abandoning a child, in light of the child’s needs and welfare.

Appellee Brenda Wilt, Kristy’s natural mother, has custody of the child. Wilt and her new husband, who wishes to adopt Kristy, petitioned to terminate Hamilton’s parental rights under 23 Pa.Cons.Stat.Ann. § 2511(a)(1) (Purdon Supp.1988). After a hearing, the orphans’ court…