Commonwealth ex rel. Rainford v. Cirillo

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

This is an appeal from the Order of the Family Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying appellant’s writ of habeas corpus seeking custody of two children presently living with ap*593pellees, Salvatore Cirillo, their natural father, and Julia Cirillo, the paternal grandmother.

The two children, Salvatore, age six, and Melody, age five, were horn as a result of a meretricious relationship which began in 1965 between appellant, Edna Rain ford and appellee, Salvatore Cirillo, both of whom were married at the time. By her previous marriage, appellant…