Commonwealth Ex Rel. Schall v. Schall

251 Pa. Superior Ct. 262 (1977)

380 A.2d 478

COMMONWEALTH ex rel. Joanne M. SCHALL

v.

Dennis B. SCHALL, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted September 13, 1976.

Decided December 2, 1977.

Donald S. Himmelreich, Easton, for appellant.

Salvador J. Salazar, Northampton, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.

SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal by a father from the lower court's order awarding custody of a four year old boy to his mother. The mother, appellee, filed a habeas corpus petition to obtain custody of the child…