Legal Opinion
Gard Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 28, 1947No. Appeal, 27PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,
This is a proceeding for the possession of Betty Jean Tuttle, who was born January 19, 1944. The mother was unable to care for the child and placed her in the Roselia Foundling Asylum. In May of 1945 the mother ashed the Children’s Aid Society to supervise the boarding of the child in a foster home. The respondents W. Russell Card and Helen Gard, his wife, are a childless couple living in Crescent Hills, Penn Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and the Children’s Aid Society placed the child with them on June 28, 1945. This child was delivered to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Schwab Adoption CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- Carroll's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Ballard v. WardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
3Cited by4 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Children's Aid Society v. GardSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Rose Child Dependency CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Dougherty Adoption CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Hoke EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Lehigh County · 1961