In re Adoption of G.K.T.

OPINION BY MUNDY, J.:

Appellant, G.T. (Father) appeals from the December 21, 2012 decree, granting the petition of K.L.W. and L.M.W. (Adoptive Couple) to involuntarily terminate Father’s parental rights to his son, G.K.T. (Child), born in August 2011.1 Father also appeals from the trial court’s decree of adoption entered December 21, 2012.2 After careful review, we are constrained to vacate both decrees and remand for further proceedings.

The orphans’ court summarized the relevant factual background of this case as follows.

[Mother] testified that [Father] lived with her, the Child, and the…