Commonwealth Ex Rel. Michael R. v. Robert R. R.

CERCONE, President Judge,

concurring:

Although I join wholeheartedly in the majority’s disposition of this case, I feel constrained to comment upon the paragraph concerning the allocation of the burden of proof between a natural parent and an adoptive parent. This appears to be a case of first impression in this Commonwealth and as such should not be treated lightly.

The majority cites the Adoption Act for the proposition that an adoptive child has the same rights and duties with respect to his parents as does a natural child. In my *25opinion, it does not necessarily follow from this fact that the…