Pierce v. Bechtold

In this adoption proceeding, the mother, Mrs. Geraldine Tyler Bechtold, has appealed from a *480judgment of abandonment and award of custody to the petitioners, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hugh. Pierce pending adoption proceedings.

The facts are uncontroverted, except where indicated. The mother, Geraldine Tyler Bechtold, aged 28, was born Geraldine Sullivan. At an early age she was adopted by a family named Lepley because her mother, Mrs. Sullivan, had been abandoned by her husband and could not care for her three children. Mrs. Sullivan continued to be in contact with her daughter, Geraldine, and both…