Southard Adoption Case

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

The single question is whether, in an'adoption proceeding, the testimony supports a finding of abandonment. ’ " ' ' ’ ’ ■ ■ ■

Adoption is authorized in Pennsylvania by the Act of April 4, 1925 P. L. 127, ás amended by the Acts Of April 26, 1929 P. L. 822; June 5, 1941 P. L. 93 ; July 2, 1941, P. L. 229 and the Act of June 30,1947, P'. L. 1180,1 PS 1 et seq., and Purdon’s Pennsylvania Legislative Service 1947. By section 2 (c) of the Act, consent of the parents of the person proposed to-be adopted is required, but . .-the-consént of a parent ... who has…