Commonwealth ex rel. J. J. B. v. R. A. McG.

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant-mother contends that the lower court improperly awarded the parties joint custody of their minor son less than two weeks after denying appellee-father’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We are unable, however, to consider the merits of her appeal because the record is incomplete in several critical respects. Accordingly, we vacate the order of the lower court and remand the case for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

The parties’ son was born on December 28, 1973. The parties, formerly husband and wife, separated shortly thereafter,1 and in March, 1974, the…