Commonwealth Ex Rel. Lettie H. W. v. Paul T. W.

PRICE, Judge:

This appeal arises from the order of the court of common pleas awarding permanent custody of the parties’ two daughters, aged three and nine years, to appellee, the natural father, and awarding partial custody and visitation to appellant, their natural mother. For the following reasons, we set aside that order and remand the case for further proceedings.

The parties herein were married in 1965, and their two daughters were born of this union. They lived together without separation until July 6, 1978, when appellee re moved the furnishings and personal property from the parties’…