Matter of DeSavage

HOFFMAN, Judge.

This appeal presents an important and difficult question arising under Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Act:1 Does the Act permit the juvenile court to declare a newborn infant “deprived” within the meaning of 11 P.S. § 50-102(4), when the child has never been in the custody of *176its natural parents, and the parents have never voluntarily relinquished custody of their child or evidenced an intent to do so? If the Act does authorize such an adjudication, we must then determine what standard applies, and whether the evidence produced in the court below is sufficient to support a finding of…