Hildenbrand Appeal

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

Helen M. Hildenbrand, an unwed mother, gave birth prematurely to a baby boy on September 9, 1959. She could not bring the baby to her mother’s home and had neither a place of her own nor the financial resources to care for him. She got in touch with the Children’s Aid Society of Pennsylvania and made arrangements to formally surrender the child. All of the facts and factors regarding relinquishment of the child were explained to her by a representative of the Society. On September 11, 1959, she signed a temporary agreement giving custody of the child to the…