In Re Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights to B. M. D.

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’BRIEN, Justice.

This appeal is from final decrees of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, Orphans’ Court Division, which terminated involuntarily the paréntal rights of appellant, Luther L. Dingus, in his minor children, B.M.D. and R.L.D.

On November 9, 1977, appellee, Cumberland County Children’s Services, filed a petition to involuntarily terminate the parental rights of appellant in his two minor children. Both children were born out of wedlock to appellant and Dorothy Mae Kiner. Appellee obtained custody of the children in 1974 when the natural mother…